Such friendship and goodwill is, after all, how the trees got here in the first place. In April of 1959, the then-ambassador to Canada, Toru-Hagiwara, gifted 2000 sakura trees to Toronto on behalf ...

But thanks to the popularity of the 1970s novel Sakuramori about a sakura-infatuated tree expert, communities began bestowing this title to deserving specialists in the years that followed.

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As of Tuesday, cherry blossom trees started to bloom in New Haven. Residents said they expected a warmup this week to help the season reach its peak. “This time they’re very pink when they ...

An Essex County park credited by local officials with having the nation’s largest collection of cherry blossom trees drew big crowds during its annual festival, which concluded Sunday.