Unseasonably warm weather during the past few weeks has pushed the button on some of our early bloomers. Redbud and wild plum trees dot many neighborhoods with pink and white blossoms, respectively.

Those cherry blossoms get all the glory. But Japan’s plum blossoms have a charm all their own. Here are 10 of the best places to see them.

Plum Blossoms Herald Spring in Japan. While cherry blossoms are often seen as the quintessential Japanese flower, the plum blossom once signaled the arrival of spring.Introduced from China around ...

Children gather under a plum tree full of blooming flowers at Nanjing Plum Blossom Mountain. One morning in March, I took Nanjing Subway line 2 and got off at Muxuyuan Station. After walking along ...

Peach trees are associated with Girl’s Day, Hina Matsuri, on March 3 and it’s been said peach blossoms ward off evil spirits. In Japan, the flowers typically begin blooming late-March until mid-April.

Plum, peach blossoms adorn Mount Tai (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2022-03-11 At Tai'an's Mount Tai scenic area, white flowers adorn the branches that stretch out.

When Chinese plum trees bloom into clouds of puffy white and red blossoms, we know spring is just around the corner. The flowers are likened to “seonbi,” or a firm and right-minded scholar, in ...

Many people also compare white plum blossoms to snowflakes, especially when falling, it looks like snow in the wind. Plum flowers will fade very quickly because of their thin petals, so the plum ...

“A lot of the blossoms that people are seeing are plum trees, not cherry trees, so you might get some pink and white blossoms,” McDonough said.

The early-blooming plum trees are in full bloom, and about half of all the trees there have flowers. In addition, red, white and pink plum blossoms are also blooming at Kyoto Gyoen National Garden ...