Crowds admiring the District’s cherry trees are actually seeing a variety of blossoms, and the 12 different varieties range from Akebono to Yoshino. The majority of the trees that visitors to the ...

WASHINGTON — With nearly 4,000 Cherry Blossom trees across the Tidal Basin, it is easy to look at the collective and get lost in its beauty. But if you find yourself wandering around downtown and have ...

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 ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Yoshino Cherry grows quickly to 20 feet, has beautiful bark but is a ...

Did you know there's a special word in Japanese just to describe cherry blossom viewing? It's hanami — and there's no better way to spend a few hours in D.C. right now. Washington, D.C.'s, most famous ...

Springtime in D.C. means cherry blossom time! Even if you've lived here for years, we bet there are some things you've just never known about the trees. Don't want to break the law? Tired of tourists?

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Walk along the river at Portland’s Tom McCall McCall Waterfront Park in late March and you’re sure to see hundreds of people gathered in the area to enjoy and photograph the ...

Washington, D.C. 's National Cherry Blossom Festival begins later this month, but not everyone can drive to D.C. for a weekend just to look at pretty trees. And of course, not everyone can hop on a ...

Grab your sweetheart, dress in pastels: the cherry blossoms have popped. After many days of warm weather and sunshine, cherry trees at popular viewing spots around the city including Tom McCall ...

CINCINNATI — Cherry blossoms in Ault Park are nearing full bloom! Cincinnati Parks said the weeping cherry grove in the park has moved past peak bloom, but not all trees fully blossomed due to colder ...