| Other Name(s): |
AKA Yoshino Cherry |
| Category: |
Tree |
| Class: |
Perennial |
| Bark: |
Bark is smooth and gray with prominent horizontal lenticels |
| Form: |
spreading, vase-shaped crown with upright or sometimes weeping branches |
| Bloom Color: |
Pink to white blossoms |
| Bloom Size: |
3" |
| Bloom Season: |
Early spring before leaves |
| Fruit: |
Fruit is a small, black cherry drupe less than 1 cm in size |
| Fragrance: |
Almond-scented |
| Foliage: |
Tree bears simple, alternate, ovate to obovate leaves with serrated margins. The leaves are bronze-to-green when young, turning a deep green by summer and yellow in the fall |
| Height: |
30 ft. - 40 ft. |
| Spread: |
30 ft. - 40 ft. |
| Growth rate: |
Fast to moderate |
| Hardiness: |
Zones 5 to 8 |
| Light Requirements: |
Full sun |
| Native Range: |
Japan and across the world for ornamental purposes |
| Photographer: |
William Khoury |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
(32.48905401°N, -83.92505072°W) |
| Bed(s): |
TREES - 1 Plant; |