A welcome sight each spring, cherry trees provide some of the first blossoms of the season. Fragrant, single- or double-flowers cover the small tree’s leafless branches. There are two groups of cherry ...

Many small ornamental trees brighten the Chicago region with their spring blooms: redbuds, crabapples, serviceberries, magnolias, wild plums and many more. Cherries, not so much. The Japanese cherry ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After a century, a diplomatic gift from Japan continues to flourish in our nation's capital. We are talking about the famed Japanese flowering cherry trees, which bring their ...

The Japanese flowering cherry trees now in serene flower around Washington's Tidal Basin are, for the most part, clones of a single plant favored in 19th-century Tokyo and named Somei-Yoshino. It is ...

Flowering cherry trees are putting on a gorgeous show in south Louisiana right now. The vibrant, dark pink flowers emerge on bare branches just before the leaves emerge to create a stunning display.

Multiple cameras are currently broadcasting blossoming cherry trees in Washington, D.C. after they entered peak bloom this week. Known as BloomCam, the cameras are streaming to give constant views of ...