The cherry trees, not native to the South Coast, are the runaway stars of spring with their pink blossoms. But councillors eventually backed off the plan and are now looking at keeping cherry trees as part of the city's landscape. A girl snaps a photo of a cherry tree in Vancouver full of blossoms on Sunday, March 31, 2019. A wild Himalayan cherry tree, also called sour cherry, blooms in the Strathcona neighbourhood of Vancouver on March 26, 2019. Gandha says it will be similar for cherry trees in Vancouver as some of the 20 different varieties in the city may do better with climate change than others.

Source: CBC News March 31, 2019 23:45 UTC