Yoshino cherry trees circle the Tidal Basin and spill north onto the Washington Monument grounds. But there are 11 other varietals of cherry blossom trees.

With nearly 4,000 Cherry Blossom trees across the Tidal Basin, it is easy to look at the collective and get lost in its beauty. But if you find yourself wandering around downtown and have time to ...

Aside from cherry trees having the horizontal rings known as lenticels, a cherry blossom’s petals are slightly serrated while the flowers blooming from a plum tree do not.

The trees are the European Pear Tree and the Cherry Plum Tree. It should be noted that as these trees are so different from each other visually, we doubt that one will be the Mystery Seedling of ...