Cherry Blossom Watch Update: April 13, 2015

The Yoshinos are becoming more pink, and green leaves are sprouting on more trees. Today’s wind and tomorrow’s rain are likely to knock many of the petals off.

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It’s snowing cherry blossoms. The trees are still looking wonderful, but the wind that will continue picking up during the afternoon is blowing drifts of petals off the trees with each gust.

The Yoshinos are becoming more pink, and green leaves are sprouting on more trees.

There are big crowds out enjoying the warm, sunny weather. And they’re creating heavy traffic. The traffic restrictions on Ohio Drive are still in effect, and there’s gridlock on Independence Avenue in both directions.

Now that we’re three days after peak bloom, the cherry blossoms are very fragile. Today’s wind and tomorrow’s rain are going to be a one-two punch, and it’s likely to knock a lot of the petals off many of the trees. It’s probably won’t get all of them, and there’s a good chance of being able to see some flowers over the next couple of days, but each day we get further into the week the harder you’ll have to work to find them. I don’t expect there to be much left by the weekend, although there are other varieties of cherry blossoms nearby that bloom later; I’ll have more on them (the Kwanzan cherry blossoms) in the next day or two.

Cherry Blossoms - April 13, 2015

Cherry Blossoms - April 13, 2015

Cherry Blossoms - April 13, 2015

Cherry Blossoms - April 13, 2015

Cherry Blossoms - April 13, 2015

The warm weather of the past few days has also coaxed the tulips out all around town, along with other kinds of flowers. So after a cold winter, we’re finally getting some of Washington’s beautiful spring colors.

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