Choke cherry is a very common tree on the roadsides. We seem to notice it at this time when the flowers grow out from the branches in long spikes. Such growths are filled with small white petals.

Each spring, cities from New York to Texas celebrate the spectacular blooming of ornamental cherry trees. In many cultures, the lovely, delicate, pink and white cherry blossoms symbolize rebirth and ...

Nature: Cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C. 01:32 Cherry blossom season is in full swing in Washington, D.C., with the trees reaching peak bloom on Friday, according to the National Park Service. ...

Cherry trees are generally hardy from USDA zones 4 to 7. What To Do With Cherry Pits Instead. If you're not tied to a specific type of cherry (or even getting edible fruit at all), ...

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 — weather permitting.

The choke cherry was completely chopped down, with debris being left on the sidewalk and street. ... Both trees were planted around 2011 thanks in part to the efforts of Mainstreet Uptown Butte.

General Conference isn’t the only event that has people running to Salt Lake City in April. Since 1931, the Utah State Capitol has been home to an impressive collection of cherry trees that put ...

The real joy of growing these types of cherry trees arrives at harvest, which is usually 6 to 8 weeks after flowering. There are two groups of fruiting cherry trees—sweet cherries and sour cherries.

But the idea to plant Japanese cherry trees in the U.S. capital was raised as early as 1885 by a woman named Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, a writer and diplomat, according to the National Park Service.

Cherry blossom season has arrived in Washington, D.C., where pink and white flowers dot thousands of trees around the city as this year’s peak bloom approaches.

Northland Nature: Choke cherry joins other small trees in bloom. Larry Weber, The Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minn. Fri, May 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM UTC. 3 min read.

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.