Mys-tree from space: Cherry tree blooms years earlier than expected

Surprise yield: Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata holding a pack of cherry seeds in the International Space Station. A cosmic mystery is uniting monks and scientists in Japan after a tree grown from a cherry stone that orbited the Earth for eight months bloomed years earlier than expected. - Photos AFP

Cherry stone from space station yields tree that has flowered six years ahead of schedule.

A cosmic mystery is uniting monks and scientists in Japan after a tree grown from a cherry stone that orbited the Earth for eight months bloomed years earlier than expected – and with very surprising flowers.