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Flowering time end April and early May. It grows to 30 feet high and has an excellent vase shape. Cerasus serrulata (Lindl.) It is of spreading habit, ultimately 30 ft wide, and best grown as a standard. long, 11⁄4 to 21⁄2 in. To reuse an Japanese Flowering Cherry has many different characteristics that make it suited to a wide variety of uses. Flowers about 2 in. In China, the var. across, in a drooping cluster, each flower with one or two leafy carpels in the centre. For details, please check with your state. Many of these cultivars were born as multiple interspecific hybrids based on the Oshima cherry, an endemic species in Japan. ex Journ. Kwanzan cherry Rosaceae Prunus serrulata Lindl. It appears to be closely allied to ‘Senriko’, but in that cherry the young foliage is green, the flowers are always white, with notched petals, and strongly fragrant – whence the Japanese name, which means ‘one thousand miles scent’. Although their origin is obscure, there is no doubt that many of them derive from the Oshima cherry, P. speciosa (P. lannesiana f. albida). Subsequently it was identified with the ‘Shirotae’ of Miyoshi and more recently it has been suggested that its correct name is ‘Hosokawa’. verecunda Koidz. Koehne, SynonymsP. Previously it had been called ‘Beni-fugen’, which is properly an alternative name for ‘Fugenzo’. In other respects the two are very similar. ‘Washin-no-o’, mentioned under it, Manual, p. 297 (141), as ‘Washino-o’. – There seems to be little doubt that the cherry which Collingwood Ingram described under this name is indeed ‘Choshiu Hizakura’ (Manual, p. 217 (77), spelt ‘Choshu-hizakura’). The name ‘Hisakura’ was at one time commonly but wrongly used for ‘Kanzan’. pubescens Nakai? those considered historical (not seen in 20 years). spontanea. A.M. 1936. var. Japanese Garden Cherries         Sato Zakura (page 399). End April. ‘Shimidsu’ was introduced to cultivation early this century and was originally identified as being the cherry that Miyoshi described under the name P. serrulata longipes, with the vernacular name ‘Okumiyako’. For ‘Benden’ the Manual prefers the alternative rendering ‘Bendono’ (p. 275 (123)). the state. Imp. Fugen bosatsu is a Japanese name for Buddha, who rode on an elephant in a famous legend. The flowers are mauvish pink. Flowers two or three in pendent clusters, rose-pink, very double (thirty-five or so petals), with two leafy carpels at the centre. County documented: documented The Japanese hill cherry is variable in the colouring of the unfolding leaves, in size and colour of flower, and in autumn colouring. spontanea Maxim. ‘Tai Haku’ is an old Japanese variety, once grown in the neighbourhood of Kyoto, which for some unknown reason became extinct there. All images and text © But in no form is it really common in Britain, where the more highly bred and larger-flowered garden cherries are much more widely planted. Flowers white, fragrant, about 2 in. It is represented in this country mainly by plants deriving from Collingwood Ingram’s introduction from Seoul, Korea. Prunus serrulata has several pests and problems in our region. Fruits dark purplish red when ripe, about 1⁄4 in. It makes a vigorous tree and colours orange in the autumn (C. Ingram, Orn. A.G.M. Prunus serrulata is a popular flowering tree in many parts of the nation. wide. Wils. This cherry, for which ‘Ojochin’ is now the established name, really agrees better with the cherry described by Miyoshi under the Japanese name ‘Senriko’ (P. serrulata f. picta), but as the two are so similar it is perhaps best to ignore the discrepancy. … In twenty years my plants are scarcely more than 6 or 8 ft high, with gaunt, twisted boughs. In this article, Collingwood Ingram argues that the hill cherry was introduced to Japan from China, like so many other of its favourite garden plants, and remarks that during his many plant-hunting excursions in Japan he never met with the hill cherry growing at any distance from human habitations.In China, the var. Twig: Stout, reddish brown, conspicuous lenticels, and large reddish buds. Leaves reddish bronze when unfolding, very large when mature (up to 8 in. Larger varieties can be used as lawn trees or even small shade trees. ; P. serrulata f. fugenzo subf. Leaves finely toothed, richly copper-coloured when young. There is a fine coloured illustration of it in Geoffrey Chadbund’s Flowering Cherries (Plate 5), which shows the rounded crown characteristic of this variety. The reason for doubting whether they are precisely identical is that Wilson seems to have confused two entities – the one a form of P. serrulata var. But in no form is it really common in Britain, where the more highly bred and larger-flowered garden cherries are much more widely planted. She considers this cherry to be ‘Kurama-yama’, cultivated under that name in the USA and described by Paul Russell (op. We depend on And so in this instance. Leaves broadly oblong or obovate, short-acuminate, golden brown when unfolding. The foliage is healthy and handsome, and turns yellow or orange before falling. serrulata Lindl. ‘There is a refined quality about its flowers that is lacking in many of the cultivated varieties. Agric. Flowers white, single, about 11⁄2 in. The tree grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 9. Also the calyx-tube in ‘Senriko’ is campanulate, with oblong lobes, against funnel-shaped with triangular-ovate lobes in ‘Ojochin’ (Manual, p. 277 (125) and tabulated characters on pp. Young leaves bronze-coloured. The blooms persist for a couple of weeks before tapering off. Leaves bronzy when young and remaining so for a time after they are fully expanded; toothing simple short. For the full story see his Ornamental Cherries, pp. – Manual, p. 235 (91). Flower-buds dark purplish red, very thick, with a broad, truncated end, opening towards the end of April. In gardens it has usually been called ‘Alba Plena’ or ‘Albo-plena’. of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation; Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen, Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson; Silvics reprinted from Ag Handbook 654; range map source information. Prunus serrulata is a deciduous Tree growing to 5 m (16ft 5in) at a medium rate. A.G.M. (L.) In the spring it is at its peak, with medium-sized profuse white or pink blossoms covering the tree. sachalinensis, i.e., P. sargentii. It is of vase-shaped habit, and attains 25 ft in height and as much in width. Wilson, in The Cherries of Japan, placed these varieties under P. lannesiana. It is a small tree with a narrow growth habit. It resembles the latter more than it does the seed-parent and flowers at about the same time, but the flowers are a clearer pink, and the young leaves a paler shade of bronze. – Manual, p. 284 (136). ‘Beni-tora-no-o’ (P. serrulata formosissima Miyoshi) is very similar. 41 (1915), p. lxiii. R.H.S., Vol. Wils. Other works dealing in part with the Sato Zakura are: E. H. Wilson, The Cherries of Japan (1916); Paul Russell, Oriental Flowering Cherries (US Dept. to exist in the state, but not documented to a county within Blooming in late spring, the blossoms are h… Also covers ex Koidz. A variety of strictly fastigiate growth, more so even than a Lombardy poplar. A weeping tree with steeply pendulous branches. Native Plant Trust or respective copyright holders. 1959. Flower: Very showy, most commonly deep pink, double, occur in large clumps along the stem, in early spring. It is hardy to zone (UK) 5. Because the fruits are animal-dispersed, the tree has managed to escape the garden and has naturalized in many areas. Go Botany: Native Plant Trust FACU). The edges are finely serrated with very pointed serrations. This cherry is often wrongly known by the Japanese name ‘Kiku Shidare Zakura’ (Weeping Chysanthemum Cherry), a later name which properly belongs to another cherry with similar flowers, but with branches which ascend from the trunk before arching downwards. ‘Imosé’, which is not described in Miyoshi’s work, was introduced by Collingwood Ingram in 1927 from the Hirano Shrine, Kyoto. Go Botany: Native Plant Trust … There is hardly a shrine or temple or park in the whole country that is not adorned with a Cherry of some sort, while in many country districts they have been planted in such vast numbers that in spring and again in autumn, they literally dominate the scene’ (C. Ingram, Journ. across, purplish pink, with fifty or more petals and a cluster of leafy carpels at the centre. wide, acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, deep green above, dull and slightly glaucous beneath, simply or slightly double-serrate, the teeth ending in short bristles. Prunus serrulata' Amanogawa' This cultivar was first produced in 1886. Flowers single or occasionally with a few extra petals, pink in the bud, opening white slightly flushed with pink (as in ‘Ojochin’), about 21⁄4 in. State documented: documented Winter kill can also be a problem with more fragile varieties, causing a significant amount of dieback. CT, MA, ME, Flowers pink in the bud, opening pure white, semi-double, about 2 in. ‘Ukon’ is the best known of a sub-group of the Sato Zakura in which the petals are tinted with yellow or greenish yellow. 33-4) is clearly based in large part on specimens of P. verecunda, since he mentions most of the leading characters of this cherry, which certainly seems to merit specific rank and is more fully described here: † P. verecunda (Koidz.)