Q: We have several fruit trees in our backyard. One of them is a plum tree. For the first time, we have lots of plums on the tree. The problem is that the plums keep falling off as soon as they get ...

WASHINGTON — Many of you may be looking forward to taking pictures with the iconic cherry blossoms in D.C. But before you snap that selfie, how can you tell the difference between a cherry blossom and ...

Before the cherry blossoms start to bloom next month, locals can head to the DC War Memorial to see their slightly-less-famous friends—the Japanese plum trees. Here’s what to know about these ...

With the early arrival of spring and the abundance of flowering trees, shrubs, and bulbs that seemed to appear all at once, I recently was challenged to identify specific blooming trees according to ...

You’ve probably noticed different hues of pink flowers blooming from the recently-bare trees that are scattered across Tacoma and thought two things: Spring is finally here. It’s cherry blossom season ...

YUGAWARA, Kanagawa Prefecture—Visitors can wander through an enchanting wonderland of pink and white flowers at the Yugawara Plum Grove’s 30th annual plum festival, which is being held here until ...

Tourists visit a plum tree orchard in Lincheng town, Changxing county, Zhejiang province, Feb 20, 2016. Plum trees are blossoming to embrace the coming spring in Lincheng, which is dubbed the ...

If anyone had ever told me as a child growing up in the United States that a flower could flourish in the coldest days of winter, a flower that bloomed straight from the bare branches of a tree, I ...

While cherry blossoms are often seen as the quintessential Japanese flower, the plum blossom once signaled the arrival of spring. Introduced from China around 1,500 years ago, plums were already ...