Cherry blossom trees are one of the beautiful symbols of spring. And while most of the time when we see them out and about they are tall and wide, there are over 400 varieties of cherry blossom ...

6. 'Sakura' is the Japanese word for 'cherry blossom' and is the country’s most popular girls name. 7. There are over 300 different varieties of cherry tree – also known as cultivars.

In Wuhan, China, the cherry blossoms in East Lake Cherry Garden were out in full force in mid-March. There are as many as 80 different varieties of cherry blossom trees in the garden. Japan is ...

Hirosaki Park in Aomori Prefecture is one of Japan's most famous cherry blossom viewing spots, home to about 2,600 cherry trees of 50 varieties. They reached their full bloom on April 13, some 15 ...

In the heart of Tokyo, cherry trees are beginning to explode in brilliant pink. Cherry blossom varieties abound. In central Tokyo, pink Okame Zakura are now in full bloom. But the best is yet to come.

After a long gray winter, there are few things that can lift my mood like seeing the first pink cherry blossoms of spring filling the sky with their delicate blooms. I'm especially lucky — some of the ...

While there is no knowing if a day will come when cherry blossoms no longer bloom in many parts of Japan, some scientists are trying to develop new varieties that can withstand climate change.

The Kawazu-zakura variety of cherry blossoms is known for blooming earlier than other varieties and about 850 trees along both banks of the Kawazugawa river are now between 40 and 70 percent in ...

However, the diversity of the blossom was almost lost forever, were it not for eccentric Englishman Collingwood "Cherry" Ingram, without whom some of the best cherry varieties would have gone extinct ...