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Contrary to one campus legend, the trees were not planted in the shape of a ‘W.’ The cherries were severely pruned after transplanting, probably too much by. Mar 16, After Pearl Harbor in Decemberfour of the D.C. cherry trees were cut down in suspected retaliation for the Japanese attack against the U.S. Pacific Fleet, according to the.

Mar 14, These Yoshino Cherry trees are all about 80 years old and will hopefully live about years, and to be safe, replacement trees are being grown in the Skagit Valley. UW Grounds Management says the Yoshino Cherry trees were first planted around at the Washington Park Arboretum but they were in the path of what later became the approach to the Evergreen Point Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.