Spring has to be my favourite season in Vancouver. The Pacific Northwest winters are not particularly bad–the weather is mild, the grass and many trees stay green, and some plants actually bloom in winter–but spring still brings an urgent sense of renewal and life. It arrives as early as February and a year of rotating blooming flowers is set in motion.
The daffodils in the hills above the seawall around English Bay start blooming at the end of February.
Crocuses spring forward in the grass and the neighbourhood flower beds at the end of February and early March.
Vancouver is known for its blooming cherries. The many varieties bloom from March until May.
The blooming trees along Nelson Street in March.
Blooming cherries around Nelson Court.
A rhododendron jungle in Stanley Park.
A showstopper of a camellia tree in our neighbourhood. Many smaller trees bloom in January.
