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You don't need to visit Japan or Washington, D.C. to see cherry blossom trees. Here are three places around the U.S. where you can see the blooms... 3 places to see cherry blossoms that aren't ...
The cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C., officially reached ... celebrating the blossoming of the trees that were gifted from Japan to this country in 1912. The blossoms generally last ...
There’s no better time to visit Washington, DC than in the spring when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. “When you are thinking about coming to the nation’s capital, the spring is one ...
Peak bloom occurs when 70% of the blossoms of the Yoshino cherry trees, the most common type along the Tidal Basin, are open. The National Park Service, which tracks the blooming of the trees each ...
The monthlong National Cherry Blossom Festival draws more than 1.5 million visitors to Washington, D.C., each year to see the spring spectacle of more than 3,000 pale pink and white cherry blossom ...
The National Cherry Blossom Festival may be over, but bloom season is just getting started. Spring in D.C. is still vibrant ...
WASHINGTON – Gabrielle Cardenas woke up at 2 a.m. on a recent Wednesday, put on a glittery, pink, puffy dress and drove 50 minutes with her family to capture a perfect moment. The Potomac ...
Mari Nakahara, a cherry blossom expert at the Library of Congress, told Morning Edition that Japan originally gifted 2,000 trees to the U.S. in 1909. "But when they arrived in Washington ...