Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Yoshino Cherry grows quickly to 20 feet, has beautiful bark but is a ...

The Japanese flowering cherry trees now in serene flower around Washington's Tidal Basin are, for the most part, clones of a single plant favored in 19th-century Tokyo and named Somei-Yoshino. It is ...

The Japanese flowering cherry trees now in serene flower around Washington’s Tidal Basin are, for the most part, clones of a single plant favored in 19th-century Tokyo and named Somei-Yoshino. It is ...

Researchers have developed a model that uses gene activity to predict when Somei Yoshino cherry tree buds awake from dormancy. Their findings could not only help improve the accuracy of flowering ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C.'s beloved Yoshino cherry tree known as "Stumpy" was removed from the Tidal Basin this spring, but hope remains as cuttings from the tree have taken root. RELATED | Stumpy the ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Along the Tidal Basin is a very special tree known as the "indicator tree". “The indicator tree tends to run about two weeks or so ahead of the rest of the Yoshinos,” said Mike ...

Macon, Georgia, holds the title of Cherry Blossom Capital of the World. The city has over 350,000 cherry trees — more than 90 times the amount D.C. has. Each spring, Macon hosts the International ...