Crowds admiring the District’s cherry trees are actually seeing a variety of blossoms, and the 12 different varieties range from Akebono to Yoshino. The majority of the trees that visitors to the ...

Members of the 13th Earth Love Exploration Team participating in the field training. Provided by Children's Science Donga. “Researcher, I found a caterpillar! Is this a pest, too?” On July 19, members ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everyone has heard of the cherry blossom festival in Washington, D.C., when the tidal basin is surrounded every spring by beautiful pink and white blooms. But it turns out there’s one city in the U.S.

WASHINGTON (7News) — The moment everyone has been waiting for, the Yoshino Cherry Tree blossoms along the Tidal Basin have reached peak bloom. The National Park Service announced the final stage on ...