The phrase "cherry blossom season" often conjures up images of lush, full trees, with strong branches reaching up toward the sky and hundreds of flower petals gently drifting into the Tidal Basin. But ...

In the flood of adjectives used to describe Stumpy during the famous cherry tree's last peak bloom — "hero," "icon," "sensation," "celebrity" and so on — "stubborn" is a word used less often. But ...

WASHINGTON – The nation's capital is prematurely grieving over the expected loss of Stumpy, the city's favorite little cherry tree on the Tidal Basin. But a plan to give the little tree new life by ...

WASHINGTON — Sprawled across more than 450 acres, you don't have to be shoulder-to-shoulder with other people to see the cherry blossom trees. On one weekday it was so quiet that you could hear the ...