The Kiku-zakura trees on Graveley , west of Garden are in full bloom now. Disconcerting, though...many of the trees have Avium suckers.
If you're feeling sad that the festival is over and there are no cherries to visit, you can always look up 'Kiku-zakura' locations on our festival map and go visit them - they're still covered in flowers, and such beautiful colours. To be sure, they are past their prime, and there are spent flowers on the trees now, but still. They're awesome. These are the ones Willard posted two weeks ago.
'Kanzan' on west side of Wall St between Cambridge and Eton. Two young 'Shiro-fugen' on east side of Wall St between Cambridge and Eton.
'Kiku-zakura' on William between Garden and Lakewood. Full bloom now. Beautiful. 'Kanzan' at same location. With swing.
Found two young 'Whitcomb' doing their best to attract attention on south side of Grant, just east of Clark. Busy intersection.
'Whitcomb' at McSpadden Park in full bloom today. They are still hanging in there, not even dropping petals.
At McSpaden park, the Whitcomb cherry blossoms are now fully open. I found a petaloid on one of the fallen flowers, which is a first for me. More info on the vcbf blog blog: Playtime under Whitcomb cherry trees - Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
Yes, though 'Whitcomb' cherries are "always" single blossoms, just five petals, I remember seeing a few flowers like this one on Nanaimo Street one year. Excitement for a cherry geek!
The Chrysanthemum Cherry is in full glory on William Street, between Lakewood and Garden at April 28, 2019. This is what that first Kiku-zakura looks like, a week later from the previous post on April 21. The flowers are growing paler. However, the trees on the Templeton to Garden end of William Street haven't caught up yet and you can still see their little carnation-like buds. Note Kiku-zakura is NOT the same as Kiku-shidare-zakura, which is the Weeping Chrysanthemum-flowered Cherry. Don't wait at VanDusen for the latter to give the two-tone, two-layer look of the Chrysanthemum Cherry. After you see Kiku-zakura, it's even harder to be happy with Kanzan.
The Akebono gang is going strong on the west side of Woodland between E. 7th and 8th on March 29, 2020.