Believe it or not, the cherry trees on the Quad that make UW’s springtime campus so special were not originally in the campus blueprints.

The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum marks the 400th anniversary of the Yamaki Pine, an ancient tree that survived the 1945 ...

While it can produce stunning blooms, this tree’s odor has been compared to dead fish, vomit, and urine, to name just a few undesirable things.