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Prunus serrulata |
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Oriental Cherry |
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20-25 feet |
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Single or double,
white or pink flowers, 3-5 in a cluster,
blooming before the leaves appear |
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Early to mid-May |
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Leaves are long and
narrow, 2-2½ inches long |
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Over 120 varieties
have been named and many have been cultivated in
Japan for centuries:
- 'Amanogawa'- fastigiate - seldom over
20 feet tall and with semidouble, light
pink flowers
- 'Kwanzan' - double (30 petals), deep pink, pendulous
flowers, borne on a small tree - upright when young to
rounded later - early leaves are a copper-bronze
color and turn green later
- 'Shirofugen' - often called 'White Goddess' - double pink flowers which quickly fade to white
- young foliage is
bronze, turning to green
- 'Shirotae' - double or semidouble white
- name means “snow white” - flowers
are fragrant - petals (about 12) are slightly ruffled
at the edges
- 'Shogetsu' -
pale pink, often with a white center, either semidouble
or double and with about 30 petals
- 'Sieboldii' (Named
for plant explorer,
Philip von Siebold) -
double, pink flowered was considered a
species, but reclassified as a variety of P. serrulata
- 'Ulon' -
pendulous semidouble flowers are a very pale yellow - young foliage
bronze as the leaves begin to unfurl
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