Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/cloning-trees-at-the-tidal-basin Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Plant geneticist Margaret Pooler explains how horticulturists have been propagating the 1912 cherry trees along Washington, D.C.’s Tidal Basin in order to preserve their heritage and create new trees.