Most gardeners wait until spring to plant fruit trees, but these varieties actually thrive when planted now and reward you ...

Weeping cherries are one of the most-requested nursery trees, and one of the least understood. They also have a very high failure rate; after dogwoods they are our highest warranty cost item. We like ...

Stumpy lives! Genetically, at least. The U.S. National Arboretum announced Tuesday that clippings from the original cherry tree on the Tidal Basin rooted into self-sustaining plants -- meaning the ...

Did you know that almost all fruit trees are grafted? So are most nursery trees, for that matter. Grafting is a method of joining two different varieties of tree, to get the best qualities of both in ...

As cherry blossom season comes to an end and petals start to blanket D.C.’s streets, it’s worth noticing the cherry trees’ resilience. These trees have seen it all, from flooding and harsh winds to ...

WASHINGTON – Almost half a year has passed since the nation's capital went into mourning over the news that Stumpy was doomed to die. Now, the little tree has been resurrected. The hopes of Stumpy ...

The city of Seattle has postponed its plans to chop down the flowering cherry trees outside of Pike Place Market. The two rows of flowering cherry trees have greeted market visitors with pale pink ...