The blooming of the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. has come to symbolize the natural beauty of our nation's capital city. The famous trees, a gift of Japan in 1912, signal Washington's beginning of spring with an explosion of life and color that surrounds the Tidal Basin in a sea of pale pink and white blossoms.
When Spring arrives in the Nation's Capital
![close up picture of cherry blossoms](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170127112815im_/https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/grid_builder/nri/crop16_9/3054BBAE-1DD8-B71B-0B016CC20E5A3343.jpg?width=950&quality=90&mode=crop)
Bloom Watch
Bloom Watch where you find out how the trees are doing on their way to peak bloom.