WASHINGTON — Stumpy, a scraggly Japanese cherry blossom tree whose few skinny branches flower every spring to the delight of residents and tourists alike, is on its last legs.

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Japan is giving the U.S. 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that are being ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the seawall around the capital's Tidal Basin.

Three new Japanese cherry trees in Jersey have blossomed for the first time, a charity says. The trees were gifted by the Embassy of Japan in the UK last November as part of a project to donated ...

The Japanese cherry trees that bloom in a cloud of pink in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., rarely thrive in this area. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 95°F. Saturday, June 21st 2025 ...

So people associate Japanese cherry trees with Japanese gardening, but Japanese cherry trees are actually more of like a park and public space element that’s used and they will appear in Japanese ...

Flat Garden and Pavilion from Beneath the Weeping Cherry. Photo by Joanthan Ley, courtesy Oregon Japanese Garden. While not quite there yet, other cherry trees in the garden are nearing peak bloom.

According to Cincinnati Parks, 1,000 Japanese Cherry blossom trees were given to the city as a gift to Mayor Russell Wilson in the 1930s. Ever since then, Cincinnati Parks has continued to plant ...

You don't need to visit Japan or Washington, D.C. to see cherry blossom trees. Here are three places around the U.S. where you can see the blooms — weather permitting.

New York City boasts just about every type of Japanese cherry blossom tree variation in existence — and there are more than 200 different kinds. NYBG alone has about 60 variants, while the ...