The small weeping cherry trees you see in landscapes are probably still young; once they grow too large for the space most people remove them and start over. Clipping the tree each season can ...

A Japanese weeping cherry tree, thought to be around a century old, is being honored in Wake Forest. With striking pink leaves and gracefully twisting branches, the antique tree is situated along ...

The Weeping Japanese Cherry, sometimes called the Higan Cherry, is interspersed between the Yoshino, Akebono, and Kwanzan cherry trees. The flowers of the Weeping Cherry vary, blossoming as single ...

In the meantime, the weeping cherry has galvanized the Bethesda neighborhood. A raffle -- $50 per ticket -- is planned to raise funds to help protect the tree.

Employees at the garden say the tree has become a "vibrant vision of pink." They also said the garden's other cherry tree, near the Umami Cafe, has started to bloom as well.

Weeping cherry tree in flat garden. Photo by Tyler Quinn, courtesy Oregon Japanese Garden “Winters in the Pacific Northwest can be cold and wet.