What's Blooming
With over 40,000 cherry trees and over 40 cultivars of cherry blossoms, Vancouver has the longest cherry blossoms season in the world, with different blossoms blooming from late February to mid-May, as illustrated in the Cherry Blossom Diary.
Here are some of the most common types of cherry blossoms.
February
Late April-May
- Ukon
- Avium Plena
- Amanogawa
- Kiku-shidare-zakura
- Shogetsu
- Shirofugen
Timeline of Vancouver cherry blossoms
On this calendar you'll find the estimated blooming period of 9 of the most common types of cherry trees in Vancouver, British Columbia)
Timeline, photos, text: Jessica Tremblay
Dates: 2019 bloom dates from Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
This information is based on photos from the past years. No data for 2017 because I was away that year (does not mean there was no bloom).
