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 ...

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.

Yoshino cherry trees only really last about 40 to 50 years, according to Mike Litterst, a spokesman for the National Park Service in D.C. “Of course, you know, these trees are well cared for and ...

Q : I have an ornamental cherry tree that has been in my front yard for at least 20 or 30 years (I have only lived in this house 12 years). It is beautiful for a couple of weeks a year but the ...

The bark of some trees even has a scent in winter. Sassafras trees smell very spicy and black cherry trees have a bitter almond scent. Next, look at the tree’s buds.

Abiba Biao photo Tashi at work planting cherry blossoms in Wooster Sq. Drenched in sweat, Tashi loaded up a wheelbarrow with nutrient-dense wood chips and mulch from a truck, ready to wheel it to his ...

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 ...

Cherry blossom season is finally here As the Washington, D.C. cherry blossoms reached their peak for 2025, trees around New York and New Jersey were starting to bloom.

3 VIEW ALL PHOTOS Tidal Basin Cherry Blossoms at peak bloom (Kevin Kuzminski, 7News) TOPICS: Cherry blossom Pollen Trees Allergy Spring Spores Washington, D.C. Symptoms ...

But how much do you really know about the trees, their history in D.C. and the annual Cherry Blossom Festival? Take this short quiz to find out if you’re a horticulture and history whiz or just ...

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.