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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5833/T5.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Care, Magic Help Cherry Blossom in Washington' data-article-id='6441'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9146'>Thousands of Japanese cherry trees are blooming on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.</span> <span data-start-time='9146' data-end-time='18938'>When the trees reach peak bloom, the United States’ capital city is awash in pink and white.</span> <span data-start-time='18938' data-end-time='26750'>In the 1920s, the average peak bloom date was April 5. </span> <span data-start-time='26750' data-end-time='32500'>That moved up to March 31 in recent years. </span> <span data-start-time='32500' data-end-time='42563'>And the 2023 peak arrived yet a week earlier, the National Park Service said last week.</span> <span data-start-time='42563' data-end-time='51375'>“I’m feeling like this is going to be the trend” because of climate change, said Matthew Morrison. </span> <span data-start-time='51375' data-end-time='59646'>He is the park service’s urban forester charged with overseeing the trees’ care.</span> <span data-start-time='59646' data-end-time='68542'>The yearly National Cherry Blossom Festival will run through April 16 this year. </span> <span data-start-time='68542' data-end-time='79313'>It celebrates Japan’s 1912 gift of 3,020 cherry trees to the city of Washington.</span> <span data-start-time='79313' data-end-time='96917'>Two of those trees were planted by First Lady Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, with just a few onlookers present.</span> <span data-start-time='96917' data-end-time='105188'>The average life of a Japanese cherry tree is between 30 and 40 years. </span> <span data-start-time='105188' data-end-time='117229'>Yet the two trees planted by Taft and Chinda and several others are still standing 111 years later.</span> <span data-start-time='117229' data-end-time='121354'>“That defies science,” said Morrison. </span> <span data-start-time='121354' data-end-time='131604'>He credited the tree’s long life to “a little bit of magic” and the year-round care his team provides.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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