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.

It seems an improbable notion of landscape architecture: Create a big pond to control the tide, surround it with 1,700 Japanese flowering cherry trees, and place near it a Roman monument to a ...

THE JAPANESE CHERRY TREES. Share full article. Sept. 3, 1909. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from September 3, 1909, Page 8 Buy Reprints.

In 1965, the Japanese government made a second gift of cherry trees. They were planted near the Washington Monument. The president’s wife, Lady Bird Johnson, and Ryuji Takeuchi, the ambassador ...

Visitors often mistake these for cherry trees, but no worries. The Pink Cloud cherry trees are also blossoming. Relish vistas of the Japanese garden’s graceful moon bridge, koi-filled ponds and ...

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, several cherry trees were cut down in suspected retaliation. Quickly the name of these trees was changed to “Oriental Cherry ...

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 Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival this weekend honors Seattle’s connections with Japan and the blooming cherry trees that are one of Seattle’s favorite signs of spring ...

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. 86°F. Sunday, June 29th 2025 ...

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 ...