The canola is finally blooming

Personally, I always associate canola flowers with the end of February and early blooming "kawazu" cherry blossoms. Because most years I can see canola in my area at the end of February just as the "kawazu" are starting to bloom. 

However, this year, although the kawazu cherry blossoms were on time (maybe a day or two earlier than an average year) the canola flowers have been very late to bloom. But thankfully I have started to see canola flowering since the middle of last week - around the 11th / 12th of March 2026. 

Now that they have popped and with the weather now being warm, they will start to cover the embankments in yellow over the coming days. In some places, on stretches of the embankments, I can already see a carpet of canola flowers. The photo in this post was taken yesterday, March 15th 2026. 

Is the canola blooming in your area? Is it earlier / later / in line with an average year?