A Japanese flowering cherry with large fragrant bright white blossom, and strong autumn colours.
Also known as
- Matsumae-Shizuka
USDA identification images for Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Origins
- Species: Prunus species - Flowering cherry
Identification
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Country of origin: Japan
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: May
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
- Leaf colour - young: Light copper
- Flower size: Large
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Vigour: Vigorous
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth rate: Fast
- Attractive features: Autumn foliage colour
- Attractive features: Scented flowers
- Soil type: Chalky
- Soil type: Clay
- Pruning: Light prune
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Flowering season: Late
- Useful for: Specimen planting
- Spread after 10 years: 4m-6m / 13ft-20ft
Climate
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Cold hardiness (RHS): H6 (to -20C)
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud flowering cherry trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud flowering cherry trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud flowering cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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