File photo of Stumpy, the cherry blossom tree at the Tidal Basin in D.C. (WTOP/Jimmy Alexander) Stumpy, a crowd-favorite cherry blossom tree at D.C.’s Tidal Basin, has died at the estimated age ...

The phrase "cherry blossom season" often conjures ... him to the r/washingtondc subreddit. "This tree a little aways from Jefferson memorial is as dead as my love life, but I love it!" ...

WASHINGTON — Stumpy, a scraggly Japanese cherry blossom ... cherry trees scheduled for elimination and use them to grow more Stumpies and more of its less famous brethren. Then the dead trees ...