The sprawling, nine-hectare grove contains around 4,000 plum trees of 28 varieties ... ice cream from stalls at the grove. The plum blossoms are expected to reach full bloom within a week ...

Vancouver began planting its own cherry and plum blossom trees in the 1950s when it realized other tree varieties, such as elms, maples and chestnuts, were growing too large. Smaller, ornamental ...

The Japanese cherry trees that bloom in a cloud of pink in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., rarely thrive in this area.