Above: Thanks to Anna Chern

Thank you to all who sent in their snaps of the cherry blossom following on from our article last week.

Here’s our latest gallery of photographs that were sent in from our readers.

A few words of advice: enjoy it while it lasts…

Thanks to Len Downes

Thanks to Len Downes

Thanks to Len Downes

Thanks to Laura Candelier Vargas

Read more: 

• The cherry blossom is in full bloom on the Stray, Harrogate
• Did you know there’s a hidden Spa Room in Harrogate’s Turkish Baths?
• Harrogate interior designers share their top spring trends
• The jobs to do in your garden right now
• Yorkshire Dales Monopoly edition revealed

Thanks to Laura Candelier Vargas

Thanks to Laura Candelier Vargas

Thanks to Cathy Burrell

Thanks to Lain Crabb

Read more:

• 5 things to do in Harrogate and the district this weekend
• Great getaways less than three hours’ drive from Harrogate
• Did you know that Everyman in Harrogate screens National Theatre Live productions?
• Amber’s restaurant at Cedar Court Hotel in Harrogate is now open

The annual display of cherry blossom is now in full bloom – catch it while you can as you walk along the Stray’s paths.

Here are five fun facts you might not know about the sakura trees…

Did you know?

• The planting of cherry trees became popular in Europe and America in the 20th century after Japan presented trees to the United States as a token of friendship in 1912.
• Harrogate’s ornamental trees were said to have been planted to celebrate the Queen’s coronation in 1953.
• There are more than 100 types of cherry blossom trees. They can vary in shape of tree, colour, petals and bloom time.
• Each cherry tree differs in time of when it reaches full bloom, even if they are planted in the same area.
• They tend to only be in full bloom for one week.

Email in your images of the blossoms – either in Harrogate or from your local area – for a chance to be featured in our extra-special spring edition of Photo of the Week to letters@thestrayferret.co.uk.

This week’s photograph was taken by Len Bownes, capturing two artists working with the cherry blossom as their subject.

Len Bownes

Photo of the Week celebrates the Harrogate district. It could be anything from family life to capturing the district’s beauty. We are interested in amateur and professional photographs, in a landscape format.

Send your photographs to letters@thestrayferret.co.uk for a chance to be featured next week, we reserve the right to adjust and crop images to fit into our format.