Shibazakura (Moss Phlox) in profusion outside the Music Box Museum, Otaru, Hokkaido, JapanAll ready to be dispersed by the wind – Butterweed at Noboribetsu Date Jidai Mura, Hokkaido, JapanTiny, pretty bell-like flowers – Lily of the Valley at Oyado Kiyomizu Hotel, Noboribetsu, Hokkkaido, JapanDaffodil with a golden heart from the genus Narcissus at Nakanoshima, Lake Toya, Hokkaido, JapanCherry blossoms at Toya Sun Palace Hotel facing Lake Toya, Hokkaido, JapanA magnificent row of Sakura trees just blossoming at Toya Sun Palace Hotel’s grounds, Lake Toya, Hokkaido, JapanPretty Sakuras – Somei Yoshino variety that are nearly pure white tinged with palest pink near the stem, Lake Toya, Hokkaido, JapanShidarezakura or Weeping Cherry has branches that fall like those of the Weeping Willow bearing cascades of pink flowers at the Old Public Hall, Motomachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanForsythia an early Spring flower (Ying Chun Hua) at the Old Public Hall, Motomachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanKanzan Sakura bearing bright pink blossoms at Motomachi Park, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanEye-catching coral red Chaenomeles japonica or flowering Quince at the Greek Orthodox Church, Motomachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanSweet two-toned flowering Quince, Chaenomeles Apple Blossom at the Greek Orthodox Church, Motomachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanMulti-petalled Azalea in a lovely shade of pink at the Greek Orthodox Church, Motomachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanPretty, pastel tri-toned pansy from the viola genus at the Greek Orthodox Church, Motomachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanIchiyo Cherry trees bear flowers with about 20 petals – the Motomachi Park, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanTiny Daisies spreading all over the Russian Orthodox Church grounds, Motomachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanEver so fragrant – Magnolias at the Russian Orthodox Church, Motomachi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanSeeds ready to take flight – Dandelion at Hakodate, Hokkaido, JapanDandelion Field in Furano, Hokkaido, JapanAvenue (red) & Jan van Ness (yellow) single petalled tulips under the grouping ‘Triumph’ at Farm Tomita, Furano, Hokkaido, JapanEscape tulips with their distinct yellow centres at Farm Tomita, Furano, Hokkaido, JapanLavender (Lavandula) cultivated in the Conservatory at Farm Tomita which belongs to the mint family Lamiaceae – Furano, Hokkaido, JapanExotic & exquisite… Passiflora Constance Elliot (Passion flower) at Farm Tomita, Furano, Hokkaido, JapanSpring flowering White Hyacinth that is highly fragrant, perfuming the air – Farm Tomita, Furano, Hokkaido, JapanMuscari Botryoides also known as Grape Hyacinth because of the tight blooms in a raceme resembling clusters of grapes – Farm Tomita, Furano, Hokkaido, JapanFuschia Geraniums, such a burst of colour – Farm Tomita, Furano, Hokkaido, JapanSnow Trillum with 3 white petals accompanied by 3 shorter green sepals & a group of several yellow stamens in the centre – Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, Hokkaido, Japan