There’s a range of flowering cherries, including smaller species for gardeners with limited space, to those that will grow to around 15 metres. Choice is therefore based on blossom colour and habit, ...

The city’s historic cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Lisa Desjardins has more on the history and symbolism behind these national treasures. Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics ...

The city’s historic cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Lisa Desjardins has more on the history and symbolism behind these national treasures. The Tidal Basin, the entry point to Washington ...

The blossoms are a symbol of renewal and the fragile and fugitive nature of life, as the blossoms lifespan is only two weeks before they fall. Unlike America, whose school year begins in the fall ...

The event, which originated in the 1980s from citizen-level exchanges between China and Japan, centers on the planting of cherry blossom trees. In 1988, Chinese and Japanese citizens planted 1,500 ...

As the years passed, the cherry blossom became a symbol of Japan, and the celebration became one enjoyed by all the Japanese people. "In 1912, the government of Japan gifted the United States ...