Vancouver Cherry Blossoms Cultivars Timeline

Early Bloom

Whitcomb

March 8, 2020 - March 28, 2020

Dark pink petals.

Accolade

March 21, 2020 - April 6, 2020

Big bright pink double blossoms

Beni shidare

March 23, 2020 - April 4, 2020

Small flowers on dropping branches.

Akebono

March 28, 2020 - April 12, 2020

Akebono means 'DayBreak'.

Umineko / Snow Goose

April 1, 2020 - April 13, 2020

Large white petals on Umineko which means "seagull".

Late Bloom

Shirotae

April 2, 2020 - April 17, 2020

White, double flowers, fragrant.

Shirofugen

April 17, 2020 - May 2, 2020

Double flowers whose center turns red. Last to bloom in Vancouver.

Kanzan

April 20, 2020 - May 2, 2020

Double flowers. One of the most common late spring blossoms in Vancouver.

Kiku-shidare-zakura

April 22, 2020 - May 2, 2020

These chrysanthemum cherry have over 100 petals.

Shogetsu

April 23, 2020 - May 6, 2020

Ridged petals