The blossoming also depends on cherry variation — the Okame cherries burst last month, while the Kanzan and Fugenzo cherries are known to bloom closer to mid-May. There is an Okame cherry tree ...

‘Okame’ cherry has a distinctive vase shape as it grows 20 to 30 feet tall. Its bright pink flowers and shiny red bark are a pleasing combination. Its leaves turn bold orange-red in autum ...

The garden says Prunus × incam 'Okame' is the star of the early season, followed by these others: The NYBG has 500 cherry trees on view in its Cherry Valley, Ross Conifer Arboretum and along the ...

Visitors can enjoy the fluffy, rosy petals of the Okame trees in the garden’s South Cherry Valley. Over at Central Park in Manhattan, visitors can stroll down the cherry trail on the west side ...