I would have to say that out of all the blossoming trees, my favourite would have to be the Cherry Blossom tree (also known as Sakura). I didn’t know much about this particular tree other than the fact that it is an icon in Japan and my interest was sparked in the early weeks of Spring here in Vancouver.

All of a sudden the bare lifeless trees that lined most of the streets and parks around Vancouver started to produce these beautiful little pink flowers. At the peak of it, the entire streets were decorated with tree full of lush flowers and the sidewalks were covered in a sheet of pink from the petals that had been dropped by the trees.

Little did I know that this marvellous tree only blooms for two weeks and then loses its flowers to make way for fresh green leaves…

Once all of the flowers have dropped off it looks like any other regular tree… remaining dormant until next spring where it will blossom again…