There are few trees as showy in bloom as flowering cherries and plums. Covered in pink or white flowers, these trees are often the first to bloom and signal that spring is near. Many species of ...

The cherry blossoms are not blooming yet, the National Park Service said. The buds spotted on trees near the Tidal Basin in D.C. this week were mistaken for the famous cherry blossom trees. National ...

Crape myrtle The "lilac of the South" gets its name from its crinkly, crepelike flowers and from foliage that resembles the true myrtle. Although native to China and Japan, crapes carry on here as if ...

OAKLAND — Dotted along the thoroughfares and side streets throughout the Bay Area are bursts of pink and white blooms of the Flowering Plum tree, an ornamental, non-fruiting tree with flowers so ...

The show really begins in January, when the bleakest month of the year is brightened with almond blossoms. The pale pink buds pop like corn into white blossoms, fooling observers into thinking that ...