Plants & Gardens Blog

Brooklyn Botanic Garden does not have a crystal ball, but phenology can help you learn a little bit about bloom times. Read › Can You Predict When the Cherries Will Blossom?

Apricots, peaches, magnolias, and other trees flower in the spring. Can you tell them apart from cherries? Read › These Flowering Trees Are Not Cherries

After a lonely 2020, flowering cherries, crabapples, late magnolias, and early lilacs are all in bloom once again. Peonies, azaleas, bluebells, and more lilacs coming soon. Read › See Spring in the Garden Again

As the famous Kanzan cherry trees approach peak bloom, some wonderful later-blooming cultivars are also blossoming, like fragrant ‘Taki-Nioi’ and greenish-flowered ‘Ukon’. Read › Notice How Each Flowering Cherry Cultivar is Different

Enjoy an immersive walk through Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, complete with cherry blossoms. Read › Stroll through the Japanese Garden in Bloom (Video)

Japanese traditions surrounding flowering cherries are a little different than the American versions. Picnics and sake are involved, and blooms are anticipated even more eagerly. Read › Hanami: Cherry Blossom Culture in Japan

Cherry trees and blossoms have a special significance in Shinto and Buddhist traditions. They often symbolize the impermanence of life, but they can also represent violence or even death. Read › Cherry Trees in Japanese Folklore

The lovely, white-blossomed cultivar is growing along the Japanese garden’s path just north of the viewing pavilion. Read › Ambassadors Caroline Kennedy and Reiichiro Takahashi Plant a Cherry Tree at BBG

Flowering cherry trees make great additions to a home garden or back yard. They come in all shapes and sizes and can grow well in many different types of soil. Read › Plant a Cherry Tree of Your Own

Everyone adores flowering cherry trees, but few people know much about them. Did you know, for instance, that the blossoms change colors and that some make fruit? Read › Eight Things You Probably Don’t Know About Flowering Cherry Trees