This video is no longer available. Crowds admiring the District’s cherry trees are actually seeing a variety of blossoms, and the 12 different varieties range from Akebono to Yoshino. The majority of ...

Q: We planted a young flowering kwanzan cherry tree close to our one-story ranch style house a few years ago since it looked good there in a group of some little holly bushes under one of our windows.

Did you know there's a special word in Japanese just to describe cherry blossom viewing? It's hanami — and there's no better way to spend a few hours in D.C. during cherry blossom season. Washington, ...