{"id":4824,"date":"2026-03-19T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=4824"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:00:05","slug":"peak-cherry-blossom-march-19th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/peak-cherry-blossom-march-19th\/","title":{"rendered":"Peak Cherry Blossom? March 19th"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peak Cherry Blossom Photos by Natalie Tobert (to see her fantastic sculptures, look here:<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This year, I don’t think it is yet Peak Blossom. Last week of March, first weeks of April, my best bet. But I’m going to keep this post here to encourage you to get out there and take joy from the Blossom season. Or Sakura as the Japanese call it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, it was early, around March 19th, 2025, two weeks later. There are many suggested places, and I enclose a couple of web links with more details.\u00a0 But my friend, Natalie Tobert, posted in 2024 about Japanese people queuing up to photo cherry blossom in Swiss Cottage, which you can see above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sakura and Peak Cherry Blossom<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the Japanese Cherry Blossom<\/a> represents both the beauty of life and its brevity. Sakura are honoured by the Samurai, and were on the badges of KamiKazi Pilots in World War 2. The Japanese began their blossom time with Plum Blossom. They can be difficult to tell apart from Cherry but it is much more fragrant. It blossoms earlier can also be white!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cherry trees consist of 430 species in the genus Prunus. Wild Cherry and Bird Cherry are native to the UK.  Normal blossom time is April. In mild winters and sheltered places like London they can blossom as soon as February.  The flowers are known as Sakura in Japan, and viewing them is ‘Hanami’.  Bird Cherry usually flowers in May.  Recent blossoming is over 7 days earlier than the average for the previous 1,200 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might like to look at the Natural History Museum discover cherry-trees website<\/a>. This has more information and suggested places to see blossom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here the londonist.com Sakura-in-London-where&when<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is an Instagram video of the blossom in Swiss Cottage, near Hampstead, London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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