Any major structural changes to large mature trees should be done incrementally over a few years. One of the main goals of regularly pruning a flowering cherry tree is to create harmony with the ...

I may be frowned upon for choosing an out-of-season topic here. I want to write about sakura, flowering cherry trees. Touemon Sano, the famed professional gardener known as the “sakura keeper of ...

1. Cherry trees belong to the rose family of flowering plants, Rosaceae, which includes roses, apples, pears, almonds, quinces, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches ...

Get an idea of when you can expect to see this year’s blooms across Japan in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Sapporo and more ...

Fuji cherry trees, azaleas, bamboo and ornamental grass. The garden was created in memory of Akiko Yamashita by her mother, "Kiyoko," and in honor of Hasan Cesi. Akiko was a Japanese student here from ...

A fond farewell for a treasured tree. Few trees become internet darlings. Yet Stumpy, a Yoshino cherry on the edge of the capital’s Tidal Basin, was no common ornamental. The tree never would have won ...