You don't need to visit Japan or Washington, D.C., to see cherry blossom trees, since there are plenty of places in the U.S. to see these iconic pink trees in bloom.

Extra 'Gram points if you capture a cloudless blue sky in the background — the pink really pops against an aqua backdrop. Find the trees in St Paul's Churchyard, to the south of the cathedral.

Photos on Friday show the trees in bloom with white and pink flowers. The National Park Service determines the cherry blossoms' peak bloom date based on when 70% of the blossoms on the Yoshino ...

Cherry blossom season has arrived in Washington, D.C., where pink and white flowers dot thousands of trees around the city ... Monument stands in the background.Matt McClain/The Washington Post ...

"A peduncle is an extension of a branch on a tree, and elongation means it's growing," Litterst said. Now that the blooms are in stage five, the only thing left is peak bloom. Video from Monday ...

Horticulturists at the National Arboretum have successfully cloned stumpy, *** stunted and gnarled cherry tree at Tidal Basin ... for the changing seasons, the pink blooms are also an indicator ...