Surely the breathtaking sight of a wild cherry tree festooned with its lace of spring blossoms brings out the romance in many of us. The Latin name for this springtime beauty is Prunus serotina.

Question:Wild cherries are said to be the best type to use in cherry brandy. The sticky resin has been used as a bittersweet chewing gum. In Japan the cherry is the national tree and the blossom ...

Wild cherry trees grow fast and often reach heights of 60 feet. When they’re young their bark is smooth but as they grow it becomes scaly.

In Japan, wild cherry trees are especially significant to sustaining connections between people and nature. The study focused on three groups: local residents, tourists, and high school students.

Many cherry bushes or trees are evergreen, meaning that they never drop their leaves in the winter. These often resemble holly, and hikers often guess that they are looking at holly bush.

Wild cherry mother trees are likely to be particularly sensitive to their immediate ecological neighbourhood as some trees occur in dense clumps, whereas others grow at a greater distance from ...

The discovery marks the first time a new cherry tree species has been found in Japan in about 100 years. Only nine species of wild cherry trees had been confirmed in the country before the ...