Japan’s cherry blossoms, a hallmark of spring, are expected to bloom on schedule this year, with Tokyo’s first flowers ...

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

The firm released its forecasts for the flowering of the most popular variety Somei-yoshino cherry ... and Tokyo Sky Tree Station. The line passes by many areas with cherry trees, so the trains ...

Its Tokyo Regional Headquarters announced that day that officials observed 11 flowers of the Somei-Yoshino cherry at 2 p.m. that had opened on a tree under watch at Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward.

Cherry trees belong to the rose family of flowering plants ... cultivar known as 'Somei Yoshino' represents 80% of all of Japan's cherry trees 5. The oldest cherry tree is thought to be around ...

OSAKA—Osaka’s cherry blossom ... opened on a Somei-Yoshino cherry tree at Osaka Castle Park that has been used to gauge the start of the sakura season. More than five flowers had bloomed ...

You can prune a cherry blossom tree in the summer, but be sure to do so after the blooms have fallen and the fruiting is complete in late summer. This gives your tree enough time to heal before ...