The trees were gifted by the Sakura Cherry Tree Project last November, a project supported by the Embassy of Japan in the UK as part of a project to donated over 7,500 sakura trees nationwide.
The sakura project celebrates Anglo-Japanese relations.
Charity Jersey Trees for Life hosted an event on Friday to celebrate the first blossom of the trees planted at Val de la Mare, with 29 people at the first ceremony.
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First blossom of new Japanese cherry trees (BBC)