The Cherry Blossom Trees are Starting to Bloom | Newark, New Jersey
Cherry Blossom Trees Are Starting To Bloom
The cherry blossom trees in Newark’s Branch Brook Park are starting to bloom!
Most of the park is in Newark, but a small portion is in neighboring Belleville. They were late again this year because of the long and harsh winter.
More cherry blossom trees are being planted to replace some old trees and also to increase the amount of cherry blossom trees in the park to over 5,000!
That’s more than Washington, D.C.!
As a matter of fact, it is the largest collection of cherry blossom trees in the United States!
The park’s design was created by the firm of Frederick Olmsted, who also designed the magnificent Central Park in New York.
This year, the cherry blossom trees are still officially in the “budding” stage, since some still only have buds and some have almost nothing to show yet.
As you can see, some branches have both buds and fully formed flowers on them.
And some trees are nearing their peak bloom.
You can read about the historic cherry blossoms trees and the history of the park here.
You can also check out my other 2015 cherry blossom photos here:
Cherry Blossoms In Branch Brook Park
The Pink Cherry Blossoms Are In Full Bloom
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56 Comments
Photo Cache
Wow, your cherry blossoms are plentiful.
Worth a Thousand Words
Karen Mortensen
Those trees are breath taking.
Create With Joy
Beautiful – I miss being back East this time of year!
stevebethere
Beautiful photos those cherry blossoms are stunning 🙂
Have a bloomingtastic week 🙂
Anonymous
They are my fave and the ones near here are also blooming already. They are pretty amazing!
Debbie
i have been reading about this and really want to go!!! do you think saturday will be to late???
Debbie
oooooo and the images are gorgeous!!!!!
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They sure are! 🙂 And so many haven't bloomed yet!
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They are so pretty 🙂
New Jersey Memories
The East can be so pretty in the spring!
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They are really stunning 🙂
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They are such pretty trees and flowers! 🙂
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I think this Saturday would be just fine. Many haven't bloomed yet 🙂
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Thank you!
Cass @ That Old House
Beautiful! My daughter lives in DC and sent me pictures of the cherry blossoms there, this year. I like ours better! Happy spring from another NJ gal — Cass
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New Jersey cherry blossoms are beautiful! I've never been to the D.C. cherry blossom festival, so I can't really comment on that, although they do look lovely in photos. 🙂
Unknown
Absolutely love your cherry blossom photos. I can only imagine how great the smell must be in that area. Bet you get lots of apples from that group of trees!
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Amy
beautiful colours! we're seeing lots of gold and browns here 🙂
Kim, USA
Wow so gorgeous!!
Kim,USA
Jim
Beautiful blooms.
Unknown
Not only these are some beautiful trees, but your pictures are great and really tell a story.
Thank you for sharing!
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz
Oh! That's all I can say. Oh!
Here's mine!
Gayle
The scent must be wonderful.
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I love spring! 🙂
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They are so pretty. Thanks for visiting!
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They sure are. 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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They're just breathtaking, aren't they?
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It is a lovely scent. 🙂
Debbie
Thanks for the info, we are going to try to go this weekend.
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Great! Have fun! 🙂
Unknown
absolutely beautiful
NCSue
Oh wow – breathtakingly beautiful!
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Ascending Butterfly
I LOVE Cherry Blossoms, so pretty! I also love them in my skincare products, the cherry blossom line from L'Occitane is one of my favorites!
Great photos, Happy Wordless Wednesday!
Tracy @ Ascending Butterfly
thewovenspoke
Awesome and so beautiful!
Unknown
These blossoms are beautiful, and great shots!
Light and Voices
Awesome….Cherry blossoms are so fragile looking and so PINK and so beautiful! Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos.
JM, IL
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Thank you!
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They are so pretty!
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I love cherry blossoms, too. Next to tulips, they are my favorites!
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They are awesome!
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Thank you!
New Jersey Memories
Thank you so much!
Beth F
Gorgeous!!!
harriet
Our blossoms were blooming until we got a couple of windy days thrown at us.
kewkew
Wow, those are lovely pictures of some lovely trees.
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They sure are. 🙂
New Jersey Memories
That's what I worry about. We had a very windy day here, and some trees fell down (not the cherry trees as far as I know)
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Thank you so much.
Jeannie Marie
I had a tree just like this in my backyard in Ohio. I miss it now that I'm no longer there. My heart is aching with the beauty of it, Happy Wordless Wednesday!
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins
Wow those trees are simply stunning! I love seeing the blossom on the trees. Popping over from #WorldlessWednesday
molly
I love the blossom, it is so pretty and so welcomed after a long dull winter
Mollyxxx
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The cherry blossoms are so beautiful. I had one in my childhood home in the backyard and I really miss it.
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Thank you so much!
New Jersey Memories
I love the flowers that are everywhere now!