One of the great springtime pleasures is seeing cherry trees in full, glorious bloom. These mostly ornamental trees are native to Japan, China and Korea. The species has more than 120 cultivated ...

Ornamental cherry trees rarely produce fruit but their bold flowers provide nourishment to early season pollinators. These deciduous trees are hardy in Zones 5 to 9 and grow best in full sun.

Ornamental cherry trees are very popular in this area, mainly for their profuse blooming in early spring and their nice, shady canopy during summer. One of my favorite traits of the ornamental ...

If grown on its own roots, the weeping Higan cherry would develop into an elegant 20- to 40-feet tall and 15- to 25-feet wide weeping tree most suitable for a large-scale landscape.

The first Cherry Blossom Festival began in 1935. Very few of the original 3,020 trees remain, but with replanting and maintenance, there are even more cherry trees now in Washington, D.C.