The sun is setting on Stumpy, the gnarled old cherry tree that has become a social media phenom. This year’s cherry blossom festivities in Washington will be the last for Stumpy and more than 100 ...

If it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes a small city to raise a cherry-blossom tree. Well, not just one — more like 5,300 cherry blossoms that famously dot the open fields and gentle ...

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: Cherry blossoms bloom on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on March 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Few things herald the coming of spring ...

This time every year, a sea of bright pink frames outdoor spaces from the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle to the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., as thousands of cherry trees reach full bloom.

Many small ornamental trees brighten the Chicago region with their spring blooms: redbuds, crabapples, serviceberries, magnolias, wild plums and many more. Cherries, not so much. The Japanese cherry ...

There’s no more visible sign of spring in Washington than the flowering of cherry blossom trees around the Tidal Basin and across the region. But how much do you really know about the trees, their ...