Japanese Cherry blossom street tours in Vancouver British Columbia - Spring 2006

Last updated May 18, 2006 - This page is no longer being updated.

This is just a sampling, not a complete list of the Japanese flowering Cherry trees found in Vancouver from late February through early May 2006. If streets around them had similar Cherry trees, we usually did not include them here. The Westside of Vancouver means west of Main Street and Eastside means east of Main. There will be some overlap when neighbourhoods span both the Westside and Eastside of Main Street.

Note: Flowering dates change every year depending on weather conditions.

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Click on the neighbourhood links to see what was in bloom when:

Stanley Park		Westside: Oakridge / South Cambie / Sunset
Westside: Kitsilano / West Point Grey		Westside: Fairview / Shaughnessy
Westside: Arbutus Ridge / Dunbar-Southlands / Kerrisdale		Westside: Queen Elizabeth Park
Westside: University of British Columbia Campus		Eastside

Stanley Park
Bloom Period	2006 Date	Location	Common Name	Comments for 2006
Mid-to-Late February	February 24	Denman Street and Coal Harbour Seawalk - 1 tree	Whitcomb	Full bloom
Mid-March to Early April	April 8	Georgia Street at Lost Lagoon	Yoshino	Full bloom, petals falling
Mid-March to Early April	April 8	Rose Garden - picnic spot	Yoshino	In bloom, petals falling
Late March to Early April	April 8	Japanese Canadian WW1 War Memorial - picnic spot	Yoshino Shirotae	Full bloom Full bloom
Late March to Early April	April 8	South shore of Lost Lagoon - 2 trees	Shirotae	Full bloom

Westside: Kitsilano / West Point Grey
Bloom Period	2006 Date	Location	Common Name	Comments for 2006
Mid-February	February 17	Kitsilano Beach – at Cornwall and Point Grey Road – one of the first to blossom in Vancouver	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum)	Full bloom - beautiful
Mid-to-Late February	February 24	West 6^th Avenue at Arbutus Street next to railway tracks – 2 trees	Whitcomb	Full bloom, a few buds still to open
Late February to Early March	March 5	Creelman Avenue from Chestnut to Maple Avenues	Purple-Leaved Plum	Plums in bloom
Late February to Early March	March 5	Cypress Street from West 8^th Avenue to McNicoll Street – street planting – showstopper street	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum)	Pink & light pink blossoms in bloom, some buds still to open
Late February to Early March	March 5	West 3^rd between Alma and Wallace Streets – both sides	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum)	Plums in bloom
Early March	March 8	West 4^th Avenue between Balaclava and Bayswater Streets – west side	Nigra (Purple-Leaved Plum)	Plums in bloom
Early March	March 11	West 12^th Avenue from Cypress to Maple Streets – street planting south side. Also on Cypress Street at West 13 Avenue there is are a nice display of the Nigra Plums	Nigra (Purple-Leaved Plum)	Plums in bloom
Mid-March to Early April	March 29	Median of Point Grey Road between Trutch and Blenheim Streets - 5 trees	Yoshino	In bloom
Mid-March to Early April	March 29	Kitsilano Beach – Yew and Cornwall Streets	Yoshino	In bloom
Mid-March to Early April Late March to Early April	April 8	Kitsilano Beach – near tennis courts at Arbutus Street side of park	Yoshino Shirotae	Yoshino's in bloom, petals falling. Shirotae's in bloom.
Mid-March to Early April	April 8	Kitsilano Beach – parking lot off Arbutus Street	Yoshino	In bloom, petals falling
Mid-March to Early April	April 8	Vancouver Museum – parking lot and courtyard at back of Museum - picnic spot	Yoshino	In bloom, petals falling
Late March to Early April	April 5	Northwest corner of Chestnut Street and Creelman Avenue – 1 tree at corner	Takasago	In bloom
Late March to Early April	April 5	Burrard Street between West 1^st Avenue and Cornwall Avenue – 2 trees	Tai Haku	In bloom
Early to Mid-April	April 27	Highbury Street from West 1^st Avenue to West 4^th Avenue – west side	Sweet Cherry ‘Plena’	In bloom
Mid-April	April 14	Yew Street from Cornwall Avenue to West Broadway – both sides – showstopper street	Kanzan	In bloom with more buds to open
Mid-April	April 17	Median of Point Grey Road (3100 block) between Trutch and Balaclava Streets	Kanzan	In bloom
Mid-April	April 17	Dunbar Street from West 4^th to West 7th Avenues – both sides	Kanzan	In bloom
Mid-April		West 7^th Avenue east of Arbutus Street	Kanzan
Mid-April Mid-to-late April	April 17	Median of West 16^th Avenue from Blenheim to MacDonald Streets and street plantings both sides of the street	Kanzan Ukon (group of trees)	Kanzans - some blossoms. Ukons - full bloom.
Mid-to-late April	April 14	Intersection of MacDonald Street with West 1^st Avenue and Point Grey Road. In the triangle formed at the intersection – group of large trees	Ukon	Full bloom
Late April		Southeast Corner of Blanca Street and West 10^th Avenue	Shirofugen
Late April	April 30	Spanish Banks Park at Northwest Marine Drive west of the snack bar – group of trees	Shirofugen	Full bloom

Westside: Arbutus Ridge / Dunbar-Southlands / Kerrisdale
Bloom Period	2006 Date	Location	Common Name	Comments for 2006
Mid-to-Late February	March 8	West 20^th to West 23^rd Avenues between Arbutus and MacDonald Streets - street plantings – showstopper streets	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum) and Nigra Plum trees	Plums in bloom
Late February or early March	March 13	Trafalgar Street at West 18^th Avenue - both sides	Nigra Plum	Trees in bloom
Late February or early March	March 13	Quesnel Drive (3400 block) from Blenheim to West King Edward Streets - street plantings both sides of street. If you start at Quesnel and West King Edward, on a clear day you will eventually have a wonderful view of the North Shore Mountains – showstopper street	Nigra Plum	Trees in bloom
Mid-to-Late February	March 8	Marine Crescent at West 49^th Avenue – west side of street	Whitcomb	Trees in bloom
Early March	March 8	Yew Street from West 43^rd to West 46^th Avenues	Accolade	Trees in bloom
Early March	March 8	West 50^th Avenue from Marine Crescent and MacDonald Street – west side	Accolade	Street in bloom
Late February or early March	March 18	Elm Street between West 45^thand West 49^thAvenues – both sides	Nigra Plum	Trees in bloom
Early March	March 11	Marguerite Street between King Edward and Nanton Avenues	Accolade	Trees in bloom
Late February or early March	March11	Blenheim Street from West 41^st Avenue to South West Marine Drive – both sides (darker plum trees are ‘Nigra’)	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum)	Streets in bloom
Mid-March to Early April Late March to Early April	April 8	West 38^th Avenue from Blenheim to Dunbar Streets – street plantings - Akebono Yoshino blooms a few days before the rest of the Yoshino trees	Yoshino Takasago	Yoshino's in full bloom, petal starting to fall. Takasago's in bloom
Mid-March to Early April Late March to Early April	April 8	West 39^th Avenue (3400 to 3500 blocks) from Dunbar Street to Blenheim Street – Yoshino on south side, Tai Haku on north side	Yoshino Tai Haku	Yoshino's in full bloom, petals startig to fall Tai Haku in bloom
Mid-to-Late February Mid-March to Early April	April 7	West 42^nd Avenue (3400 block) at Collingwood – Yoshino on southside, Plums on northside. A beautiful Weeping Higan Cherry tree in a private garden at West 42^nd Avenue and Blenheim Street was in bloom March 25^th	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum) Yoshino	Plums finished. Yoshino trees in bloom, petals starting to drop
Late March to Early April	April 5	Blenheim Street (5400 to 5600 blocks) between West 38^th and West 40^th Avenues – east side	Tai Haku	In bloom
Late March to Early April	April 7	Median of West 16^th Avenue betwen Crown and Wallace Streets – across from Lord Byng High School	Tai Haku	In bloom
Late March to Early April	April 5	Balsam Street (5700 block) at West 41^st Avenue – plus two trees in the 5800 block	Tai Haku	In bloom
Late March to Early April		Mathews Street (3800 to 3900 blocks)	Sargentii ‘Rancho’
Mid-April	April 23	West 33^rd from MacDonald to Vine Streets	Kanzan	Full bloom
Mid-April	April 22	West 35^th Avenue (2000 block) from East Boulevard to Pine Street – both sides – showstopper street	Kanzan	Full bloom
Mid-April	April 22	Dunbar Street at West King Edward to West 16^th Avenue – mountain and water views on a clear day	Kanzan	Full bloom
Mid-April	April 22	Highbury Street at West 10^th Avenue	Kanzan	Full bloom
Mid-April Mid-to-late April Mid-to-late April Late April	April 22	West 35^th Avenue (3100 block) from Carnarvon Street to Balaclava Street	Kanzan Ukon – 2 trees Shimidsu (also known as Shogetsu) Shirofugen	Kanzan - full bloom. . Ukons - full bloom. Shmidsu - mostly still buds. Shirofugen - full bloom
Mid-April Mid-to-late April	April 22	Trafalgar Street between West 35^th and West 41^st Avenues - street plantings	Kanzan Shimidsu (also known as Shogetsu)	Kanzan - full bloom.
Mid-to-late April	April 17	Balaclava Street (3000 block)	Shimidsu (also known as Shogetsu)	Could not find in this block
Mid-to-late April		Northwest Marine Drive at Newton – in private garden	Shirofugen
Mid-to-late April	April 17	Median of West King Edward Avenue between Wallace and Crown Street – 1 tree	Shirofugen	Red buds

Westside: University of British Columbia Campus
Bloom Period	2006 Date	Location	Common Name	Comments for 2006
Mid-March to Early April	April 5	In front of UBC Bookstore - 3 trees	Yoshino	In bloom
Mid-March to Early April	March 18	Chan Centre at East Mall and Crescent Road - 3 trees	Akebono Yoshino	In full bloom
Mid-March to Early April	April 8	Lower Mall at Nitobe Garden – 25 trees – showstopper street	Yoshino	In bloom, petals starting to fall
Mid-March to Early April	March 31	Nitobe Garden – 2 trees – admission fee – picnic spot	Yoshino	Yoshino's in bloom
Mid-March to Early April Late March to Early April	April 8 April 17	International House at West Mall and Northwest Marine Drive	Yoshino Shirotae – 1 tree	Yoshino in full bloom, petals starting to fall. Shirotae still in bloom.
Late March to Early April	April 7	Regent College at University Boulevard and Westbrook Mall - major construction zone right now but still have 65 Shirotae trees worth seeing. A few trees are fenced off because of construction at the front of College. Approximately 35 trees have been removed since April 2004.	Shirotae	Trees on eastside in full bloom. Trees on westside of College have more buds still to open.
Late March to Early April	April 5	Memorial Road at the Parkade across from the Asian Centre – several trees	Shirotae	In bloom
Mid-to-late April	April 17	International House at West Mall and Northwest Marine Drive	Ukon – 1 old tree	Full bloom
Mid-to-late April		Small hill between old UBC Bus Loop and Student Union Building – 2 trees	Shimidsu (also known as Shogetsu)

Westside: Fairview / Shaughnessy
Bloom Period	2006 Date	Location	Common Name	Comments for 2006
Early March	February 25	Vancouver City Hall at 12^th Avenue and Cambie Street – north entrance – 6 trees	Accolade	Trees in bloom but not at peak
Late February to Early March	March 5	West 16^th Avenue from Granville to Arbutus Streets – both sides	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum)	Plums in bloom

Westside: Oakridge / South Cambie / Sunset
Bloom Period	2006 Date	Location	Common Name	Comments for 2006
Mid-to-Late February	March 5	South side of Ash Street between 45^th and 49^th Avenues – 22 trees – showstopper street	Whitcomb	Trees in full bloom
Early March	March11	West 61^st Avenue from Ontario to Manitoba	Accolade	Street in full bloom
Mid-March to Early April	April 5	Median of Cambie Street between West 37^th and West 41^st Avenue	Yoshino	Trees in full bloom
Mid-March to Early April	April 5	Median of Cambie Street between West 41^st and West 49^th Avenue	Yoshino	Trees in full bloom
Early to Mid-April	April 13	Heather Street from West 37^th Avenue to West 41^st Avenue – row of street trees	Sweet Cherry ‘Plena’	In bloom with more buds to open
Mid-to-late April	April 22	Baillie Street (5300 to 5400 blocks) from West 37^th Avenue to West 39^th Avenue – both sides	Ukon	Full bloom
Early to Mid-April	April 22	West 29^th Avenue from Cambie Street to Dinmont Street – north side	Sweet Cherry ‘Plena’	Full bloom
Late April	April 30	Median of Cambie Street between West 49^th and Marine Drive - some trees fenced off for Rapid Transit construction.	Shirofugen	Full bloom

Westside: Queen Elizabeth Park
Bloom Period	2006 Date	Location	Common Name	Comments for 2006
Mid-to-Late February	Missed	Close to southeast corner of Cambie Street at 29^th Avenue – 2 trees	Whitcomb
Mid-March to Early April	March 25	Western edge of the Quarry Garden - 1 tree	Weeping Higan	In bloom
Mid-March to Early April	April 5	West entrance at Cambie Street and 33^rd Avenue – picnic spot	Yoshino	In bloom
Mid-March to Early April Late March to Early April	April 5 April 13	West of Quarry Garden near the parking lot – group of Yoshino’s and groups of Shirotae. Whitcomb in full bloom April 5, 2006	Yoshino Shirotae	In bloom Shirotae in bloom
Late March to Early April	April 7	Near the parking lot southwest of the Quarry Garden – 1 large tree	Sargentii	In bloom
Mid-March to Early April Late March to Early April	April 5	Southeast of the Quarry Garden (West 29^th Avenue side of park) - 2 Yohsino and 2 Shirotae trees	Yoshino Shirotae	Yoshino's in bloom. Shoirotae in bloom.
Late March to Early April	April 28	Close to southeast corner of Cambie Street at West 29^th Avenue – 2 trees – picnic spot – Extremely rare in Vancouver	Mikurama-gaeshi	Full bloom
Late April	April 17	Pitch & Putt Golf Course – Relatively rare in Vancouver	Shirofugen	Full bloom

Eastside
Bloom Period	2006 Date	Location	Common Name	Comments for 2006
Mid-to-Late February	March 5	East 59^th Avenue (200 & 300 blocks) – both sides	Whitcomb	Trees in full bloom
Late February to early March	March 11	Brooks Street from East 46^thto East 54^{th Avenues} – both sides	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum)	Plums in full bloom
Late February to early March	March 13	Duff Street from East 54^th Avenue to Brigadoon Street. Mountain views facing north from Brigadoon at Duff. Showstopper street if approaching from East East 54^th	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum) and Nigra	Trees in full bloom
Late February to early March	March 11	Gladstone Street from East 54^th to East 61^st Avenues – both sides. Nice view west across schoolyard to Georgia Strait and Vancouver Island	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum)	Trees in full bloom
Late February to early March	March 11	East 61^st Avenue from Gladstone to Fraser Streets – really nice view of pink Plums looking west	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum) and Nigra	Trees in full bloom
Late February to early March	March 11	Sunset Park at 404 East 51st Avenue (at Prince Edward Street)	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum)	Trees in bloom
Late February to early March	March 13	East 7^thAvenue (2700 block) from Kaslo to Kamloops Streets - both sides. Nice views of downtown Vancouver	Pissardii (Purple-Leaved Plum) and Nigra Plums	Trees in bloom
Late March to Early April	April 5	East 6^thAvenue (2600 block) from Penticton to Slocan Streets - both sides. The very distinctive trees with erect branches you see in the 2700 block are the European Hornbeam 'Fastigiata' that are part of the Birch family	Yoshino	Full bloom
Late February to early March Mid-April	March 11	East 3^rd Avenue from Kamloops to Cassiar Streets – both sides. Best view from Kamloops Street facing east. From Renfrew to Rupert Streets are Purple-Leaved Plums alternating with Kanzan’s	Purple-Leaved Plums Kanzan	Plums in bloom Full bloom
Mid-March to Early April	April 8	Graveley Street (3100 block) at Lillooet Street – both sides – showstopper street	Yoshino	Full bloom, petals starting to fall
Late March to Early April	March 29	Charles Street (2100 and 2200 blocks)	Yoshino	Full bloom
Late March to Early April	March 29	East 2^nd Avenue (2500 block)	Shirotae	Could not find
Late February to early March	March 11	Wall Street (2700 block) - small park on north side	Nigra Plums	Plums in bloom
Late February to early March	March 11	Napier Street from Kaslo to Nanaimo Streets	Plums	Plums in bloom
Late February to early March	March 11	Parker Street from Kaslo to Nanaimo Streets	Plums	Plums in bloom
Late February to early March	March 11	Venables Street (2700 block) at Kaslo Street to Nanaimo Street (2400 block) - both sides of street.	Nigra Plums	Plums in bloom
Mid-March to Early April	April 5	Venables Street (2300 block) at Nanaimo Street - street planting	Yoshino	Full bloom
Late March to Early April	April 5	Memorial South Park – south side of 41^st Ave just east of Prince Albert Street – 3 trees	Hillier’s Flowering Cherry	Full bloom
Late March to Early April	April 5	East 43^rd Avenue from Knight to Inverness Streets	Sargentii ‘Rancho’	Full bloom
Late March to Early April	April 1	East 57^th Avenue from Main to Ontario Streets – both sides of street	Sargentii ‘Rancho’	Full bloom
Mid-April	April 20	East 57^th Avenue from Main to Ross Streets	Kanzan	Full bloom
Early to Mid-April	April 17	51^st Avenue from Fraser Street to Ross Street – both sides of street – showstopper street	Sweet Cherry ‘Plena’	Full bloom
Mid-April	April 20	Inverness Street from East 55^th (7100 block) to East 61^st Avenues - both sides. Purple-Leaved Plum trees in East 58^th block.	Kanzan	Full bloom
Mid-April	April 20	East 7^th Avenue (2900 to 3100 blocks) between Renfrew and Windermere Streets – both sides – showstopper street	Kanzan	Full bloom
Mid-April	April 20	Charles Street (2000 to 1700 blocks) from Lakewood to Commercial Drives – both sides	Kanzan	Full bloom
Mid-April	April 23	Rupert Street from East 14^th to East 28^th Avenues – including the median	Kanzan	Full bloom
Early to Mid-April Mid-April	April 20	Elgin Street (6300 block) from East 47^th to East 49^thAvenues – Plena on east side, Kanzan onwest side	Sweet Cherry ‘Plena’ Kanzan	Both trees in full bloom

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