Washington's cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom, and the city's spring rush is in full swing.
WASHINGTON — It's finally peak bloom for the airy pink cherry blossoms in Washington, a welcome sign of spring in a city of concrete and granite continuously weighed down by the necessary heft of the nation's decision-making.
The thousands of blooming cherry trees that adorn the nation's capital have burst into ephemeral blossoms, the arrival of which marks the unofficial beginning of Washington's tourist season. It's a fleeting window, though, with the delicate blooms at the mercy of weather shifts.According to the National Park Service, which cares for the 3,500 cherry trees across the city, the peak bloom date is defined as the day on which 70% of the Yoshino Cherry blossoms are open. This year, it's right on time, typically happening between the last week of March and the first week of April, although it's happened as early as March 15 and as late as April 18. Visitors embrace while standing among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall on Thursday in Washington. Aside from the bloom of the flowering trees themselves, there's also the four-week National Cherry Blossom Festival, which began March 20 and runs through April 12 and includes musical performances, Japanese cultural events and a fireworks display.Last year, according to festival organizers, more than 1.6 million people from across the world attended festival events, and a bloom cam garnered more than 2.3 million views.Again, it all depends on the weather, but you'd better get out to see the blooms quickly, no matter the forecast. According to the park service, the Yoshino trees typically bloom for several days, and it's best if the weather is cool and calm during that time.Even a rainy or windy day can bring a swift end to the ephemeral light-pink glow along the Tidal Basin and other sites throughout the city, jettisoning the petals altogether.It's good that there wasn't a late frost, though, because that could have stopped the trees from even blooming at all.The cherry blossoms date back to a 1912 gift of 3,000 trees from the mayor of Tokyo, and the Japanese government remains involved in their care and in the annual festival celebrations.In 2024, Fumito Miyake, minister for public affairs at the Japanese Embassy, said his government's decision to contribute an additional 250 trees would be a "birthday present" in advance of this summer's celebration for the 250th anniversary of American independence.Again this year,
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