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For 16 generations, master gardeners in this one family have dedicated their lives to preserving one of the nation's most ...
Every spring, the English town of Harrogate blushes pink and white, giving Japan some floral competition! In its century-old ...
Believe it or not, the cherry trees on the Quad that make UW’s springtime campus so special were not originally in the campus blueprints.
The stunted and gnarled cherry tree that became an unlikely social media celebrity was cut down after the 2024 National Cherry Blossom Festival, along with more than 100 other trees, to make way ...
Cherry trees need at least six hours of sunlight each day to flourish, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. The best time ...
In Maniwa, Okayama prefecture, a 1,000-year-old cherry tree — known as Daigo Sakura — was in full bloom April 5. The tree was named after Emperor Godaigo, who is said to have visited the tree ...
then the old bark on the trees sheds a dim light and the old cherry-trees seem to be dreaming of all that was a hundred, two hundred years ago, and are oppressed by their heavy visions.
In Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture, there is a cherry blossom tree of Edohiganzakura that has been designated as a natural monument of the city. During the day, when there are no clouds, the ...
But this isn't just any ordinary cherry blossom tree grove; it's also the domain of 97-year-old Tōemon Sano: Japan's most renowned sakuramori (cherry blossom guardian). For more than a millennium ...
As we strolled through the garden, Shinichi paused at an umbrella-like shidarezakura (weeping cherry), its swooping branches covered in geisha-blush blossoms. Shinichi said this 40-year-old tree ...