Beautiful blooms and sweeping canopies make the Yoshino cherry tree, also known as the Prunus × yedoensis, the star of any ...

4. There are thought to be around 1 million cherry trees in Japan. The single cultivar known as 'Somei Yoshino' represents 80% of all of Japan's cherry trees 5. The oldest cherry tree is thought ...

Crowds are flocking to view the cherry trees donated by Japan more than 100 years ago. In 1912, Tokyo's mayor gave about 3,800 of them to Washington. The flowers there reached their peak more than ...