and the fact that cherry blossoms have been blooming around the Tidal Basin for more than a century. The setting, along the water on the edge of D.C.’s monumental core, is stirring. The concentration ...

Yet, I think more attention and adoration should be given to the flowering almond tree, with delicate blooms that can rival most others, even the famed cherry. With dainty pink or white petals and a ...