It’s almost “peak bloom” for the cherry blossom trees in Branch Brook Park, and it’s coming just in time for the annual Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival. The blooming of the cherry blossoms has become a springtime ritual for many people in North Jersey,

Stock/Getty Images Plus Spring in D.C. is all about one thing: cherry blossoms. The district’s iconic trees were first planted back in 1912 when the Mayor of Tokyo, Yukio Ozaki, gifted 3,000 yoshino cherry trees to the city.

The famed cherry blossom trees are making their way toward peak bloom in D.C. Here’s a look at their progress.