A shrine in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto has opened its renowned plum garden to the public, allowing visitors to admire blossoms.

When it comes to heralding the arrival of spring, cherry blossoms get all the glory. But the hardier and more modest plum blossoms are just as pretty and smell twice as nice. The season begins in ...

The Yoshino Baigo Plum Festival Ume Matsuri, marks the coming spring with hundreds of plum blossoms in a traditional Japanese ...

The Setagaya Plum Blossom Festival is held at Hanegi Park, a neighborhood park known for its collection of around 650 plum ...

TOKYO, Japan — The plum pox virus, or PPV, which causes fruit deformities and other issues in ume plum trees, has spread to 10 prefectures in Japan. Ome-shi Ume no Koen, a park famous for its ume ...

This is the dramatic moment heavy snowfall blanketed plum blossom trees in Japan. Footage shows the hardy trees covered in fresh snow at the Ume Garden of Jindai Botanical Park in Tokyo. Pink flowers ...

The Japanese apricot -- a plant native to China, actually -- is one of the longest lived of the flowering fruit trees. It’s a symbol of resilience in the face of adversity thanks to its early flowers, ...