Cherry trees can grow up to 60 feet tall, so if you’re planning on cultivating your cherry tree in a pot, it’s best to choose a tree on a dwarf rootstock. "This will keep the height of the ...

The Okame cherry variety does flower in February. “They're more darker pink than the regular Yoshino cherry tree, the regular Yoshino has a more white color to it,” he said.

Stumpy is a hollow, stump-shaped cherry tree located on the south bank of the Tidal Basin in Washington. It has a strip of bark on one side that transports nutrients to a few small branches ...

You don't need to visit Japan or Washington, D.C. to see cherry blossom trees. Here are three places around the U.S. where you can see the blooms — weather permitting.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial during cherry blossom season. Photograph courtesy of washington.org. The National Park Service shares phase-by-phase updates for the trees, which just entered the ...

Although the trees were intended to be primarily planted in Washington, D.C., they arrived from Japan in Seattle, and Puget Sound quickly adopted the cherry blossom as their own.