Officials predict peak bloom for cherry blossoms in DC but warn of weather swings -
National Park Service officials estimated Wednesday that the District’s cherry blossoms will reach their peak bloom in the Tidal Basin between March 22 and 25, the same period they predicted last year.
Peak bloom occurs when 70% of the area’s Yoshino cherry blossoms are open, with the “puffy white blossoms … creating a cloud-like effect” among the roughly 3,750 trees that line the basin, according to the park service website. “If we get a deep freeze 27 degrees or lower as the petals are emerging, we could see damage to the blossoms. This occurred in 2017 and about half of the blooms were lost,” Mike Litterst, chief of communications for the National Mall and Memorial Parks, told The Washington Times last week.
The emergence of the cherry blossoms and related celebrations offer D.C.-area residents a hopeful sign of spring each year, with peak bloom drawing the largest crowds of admirers. This year’s festival commemorates the 111th anniversary of the original Yoshino cherry trees that the mayor of Tokyo gave to Washington, D.C., as a gift in 1912.
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