2020 Cherry Blossom Watch – Boston Update

2020 Cherry Blossom Watch – Boston Update

April 19 – Boston
At the Public Garden, the flowering plum trees are solidly at peak bloom. Although some cherry trees are beginning to drop their flower petals, color will soon be reborn once the crabapples begin to bloom.

The jackpot of cherry trees is located nearby at the Charles River Esplanade.  Here, multiple varieties of cherry trees are near peak bloom and should be giving a great display all this week.  Of course, the Kwanzan Cherry trees (near the Hatch Memorial Shell) have not yet begun to bloom.

Charles River Esplanade, Boston Massachusetts

April 21 – Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Cherry trees near City Hall have not yet begun to bloom.  Just across the street at Langdon Park, the prettiest tree in Portsmouth is just beginning to display the first few flowers.  Downtown on State Street, flowing plum trees are displaying good color.

See my cherry blossom report from two weeks ago here:
https://www.kevindavisphoto.com/blog/2020-cherry-blossom-watch-boston-ma/

When will the cherry trees bloom in D.C. ?

When will the cherry trees bloom in D.C. ?

Yoshino Cherry trees encircle the tidal basin at Washington D.C.
Yoshino Cherry trees encircle the tidal basin at Washington D.C.

This week, I was thinking that the trees may bloom very early this year, particularly as a friend in N.Carolina reported that dafodils bloomed early, in mid-February.

Today, looking on-line at cherryblossomwatch.com
I see that the D.C. air temp through January and February this year has been warmer than the past six years.

As spring arrived particularly early in 2012, the Yoshino Cherry trees around the tidal basin bloomed early and disappeared BEFORE the opening of the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.  Thankfully, I achieved a bit of photography the day before a spring storm blew away all the Yoshino flowers.

Historic first cherry bloom in D.C.
•2016: March 25
•2015: April 10
•2014: April 10
•2013: April 9
•2012: March 20
•2011: March 29
•2010: March 31
•2009: April 1