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 ...

Yoshino Cherry grows quickly to 20 feet, has beautiful bark but is a relatively short-lived tree. It has upright to horizontal branching, making it ideal for planting along walks and over patios.

Ornamental cherry trees rarely produce fruit but their bold flowers provide nourishment to early season pollinators. These deciduous trees are hardy in Zones 5 to 9 and grow best in full sun.

Botanists also use the shape of lenticels to identify trees. Some trees, like cherry and birch, have really prominent lenticels, but most are invisible to the human eye. Even if you can’t see ...

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 knowledge specialist in the ...

51 in. Cherry Tree in-Pot If you don't want to actually plant a tree, though, Home Depot also sells this artificial 51 in. Cherry Tree in-Pot ($88) that you can keep inside and admire all year round.

Around 140 cherry trees that form part of Washington’s iconic spring attraction will be chopped down this year to make way for the construction of new, taller sea walls to protect the area ...

Japanese astronauts took hundreds of cherry tree seeds with them to the International Space Station in 2008-2009, after which they were planted in several locations throughout Japan. About 265 ...

Yoshino cherry trees make for beautiful blooms in spring, but there are lots of factors that may affect their health. Here's how to prevent your tree's death.

Yes, cherry blossom trees can produce fruit, but typically won’t around D.C. or at the Tidal Basin and when they do, these won’t be the kind of cherries you want to put on top of a sundae.