The blossom end is opposite the stem ... since sugars rely on the tree to develop. A plum should have some weight to it because of its water content. If it feels nice and weighty in the palm ...

According to the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, there are eight ways to tell if the blossoms you are admiring are from a cherry tree, or a plum tree. 1. The smell: True cherry blossoms only ...

Aside from cherry trees having the horizontal rings known as lenticels, a cherry blossom’s petals are slightly serrated while the flowers blooming from a plum tree do not. Pictured here is a ...

According to the city's tree database, the park is home to some of the more than 30,000 cherry and plum blossom trees planted on public land in Vancouver. (Ben Nelms/CBC) A woman looks up at a ...