The trees exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen with the atmosphere through little “mouths” in their leaves and tiny “windows” ...

With nearly 4,000 Cherry Blossom trees across the Tidal Basin, it is easy to look at the collective and get lost in its ...

Cherries, not so much. The Japanese cherry trees (Prunus serrulata) that bloom in a cloud of pink in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., rarely thrive in this area, according to Sharon Yiesla, plant ...

Cherry blossom season is in full swing in Washington, D.C., with the trees reaching peak bloom on Friday, according to the ...

Somewhere in D.C.’s Tidal Basin are two of the oldest cherry blossoms ever planted in the District. But, finding the pair among the now 3,700 trees in the heart of the city has remained a ...

Peak bloom occurs when 70% of the blossoms of the Yoshino cherry trees, the most common type along the Tidal Basin, are open.

Nothing quite says the arrival of spring in Salt Lake City like the blossoming of the famed cherry blossoms on the Utah State Capitol grounds.

Washington's National Cherry Blossom Festival is underway. Michigan hosts the National Cherry Festival in June.

The Yoshino cherry trees at the Tidal Basin have reached stage the last stage before peak bloom, puffy white blossom ...