D.C.’s cherry blossoms
Celebrating 100 years since the Japanese gave us the trees.

A new face among the blooms
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial takes its place in the ring of cherry blossoms.

A cherry blossom timeline
A century of drama, beauty and U.S.-Japanese relations frame D.C.’s most famous trees.
Ambassador awaits arrival of 30 rare silk paintings from Imperial House
A set of 30 rare scrolls will be at the National Gallery of Art for four weeks to mark the 100th anniversary of the planting of D.C.’s cherry trees, a gift from Tokyo.
Blossoms could move up by a month
Scientists theorize that with drastic global warming, future decades could see cherry blossoms bloom not just a few days early but almost a month.
The cherry blossoms’ champion
The daring, mysterious life of Eliza Scidmore, whose work blooms along the Tidal Basin.
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Your Cherry Blossom haikus
We paired reader haikus with some of our favorite reader cherry blossom photos.
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