Back in 2008, at the behest of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, astronauts carried two hundred and sixty-five cherry pits from a nationally beloved, twelve-hundred-and-fifty-year-old tree ...

It normally takes about 10 years for a cherry tree of the similar variety to bear its first buds. The Ganjoji temple sapling is not the only early-flowering space cherry tree.

It was one of 265 cherry pits from a Japanese tree thought to be 1,250 years old that was sent to the International Space Station six years ago on an 8-month voyage.

It normally takes about 10 years for a cherry tree of the similar variety to bear its first buds. The Ganjoji temple sapling is not the only early-flowering space cherry tree.

Cherry trees typically take 10 years to come into bloom, but this plant began to blossom after just four years. During that time, the plant grew to a height of 13 feet, and by April 4, 10 buds had ...

Scientists were baffled to find that the space cherry tree, which spent eight months aboard the International Space Station, or ISS, in 2008 and 2009 as part of an education experiment, bloomed ...

Most recently, near a Buddhist temple in central Japan, a plant known, naturally, as the “space cherry tree” has already grown 14 feet tall. And it’s begun to bloom — about six years ...

Cherry tree seeds taken to space by Japanese astronauts have miraculously grown at vast rate since returning to earth. The space seeds - when planted - sprung up far more quickly than other seeds ...

If space is extremely limited, look for a self-pollinating cultivar so you only need one tree to produce a full cherry harvest. Also avoid ornamental varieties that flower but don't set fruit.