Sakura Watch, March 7, 2018 - buds are back and today’s visit to High Park officially begins the new cherry blossom season this year! …

Sakura Watch, May 12, 2017 - late bloomers begin with the Akebono / Fugenzo variety of cherry blossom starting to open and have their moment in the sun. …

Sakura Watch, May 2, 2017 - cherry blossoms fall throughout High Park after a few consecutive days of rain and wind shorten the full bloom. …

Sakura Watch, April 28, 2017 - finally full bloom throughout High Park for all the sakura cherry blossoms! As originally predicted …

Sakura Watch, April 24, 2017 - Peak bloom has begun, but there's more to come as each area of the park have trees in different stages of bloom. …

Sakura Watch, April 21, 2017 - slow progress with the cherry blossoms as the cold, overcast weather has once again slowed progress. …

Sakura Watch, April 19, 2017 - first day the sakura cherry blossoms begin to bloom as spots of white flowers dot the tree line for the first time! …

Sakura Watch, April 17, 2017 - surprise! Cherry blossoms bloom begins this weekend as we see most of the buds florets emerging from the sakura buds! …

Sakura Watch, April 14, 2017 - cherry blossom bloom dates get closer as significant sakura bud development have ramped up to stage 3 and even stage 4 throughout the park. …

Sakura Watch, April 8, 2017 - buds show signs of progress as nearly all the sakura cherry blossom trees seen in High Park have entered the second stage of development. …

Sakura Watch, April 1, 2017 - blossom buds begin the next stage of development. …

Sakura Watch, March 26, 2017 - I saw little change in the buds throughout High Park. …

Sakura Watch, March 19, 2017 show buds survived the latest snowfall in Toronto this past week. …

Sakura Watch 2017 begins this month! After last year's bust of no flowers, many are hopeful for a much more fulfilling bloom this year. …

Video: National Post interviews Sakura Steve about the lack of cherry blossoms in High Park this year …