Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia) has had a large amount of breeding work in the east in recent years. Varieties in a wide range of colors ranging in size from small shrubs to small trees are now available ...

Many small ornamental trees brighten the Chicago region with their spring blooms: redbuds, crabapples, serviceberries, magnolias, wild plums and many more. Cherries, not so much. The Japanese cherry ...

If you are looking for a cherry tree that will bloom for you from mid- to late April and even into May, you will want to buy a cultivar of Prunus serrulata. The earliest flowering ornamental cherry ...

The most reliable and readily available variety of flowering cherry is the Kwanzan (Prunus serrulata Kwanzan), found at the Dallas Arboretum and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Yoshino is the variety ...

Mother Nature couldn’t care less that the 50th anniversary of Northern California’s Cherry Blossom Festival does not begin until the weekend of April 8-9. She put the cherry blossoms in full bloom ...

Blooming cherry trees frame the Jefferson Memorial as it is seen across the Tidal Basin in Washington. RON EDMONDS AP FILE Imagine the nation’s capital without its icons: no Washington Monument, no ...

SW: Both of the Japanese flowering cherries you mention are good choices for medium-sized gardens. But there are dozens of cultivars of Prunus serrulata. You will have to do a little homework to see ...

AE Housman’s poem, like the tree it celebrates, is much loved. Very few displays in nature’s extensive repertoire can match the impact of cherry blossom. There may still be a nip in the air but boughs ...