Shogetsu - Blushing Bride flowering cherry
Prunus
One of the loveliest of the white-blossom Japanese flowering cherries.
Shogetsu - Blushing Bride flowering cherry identification images
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USDA identification images for Shogetsu - Blushing Bride
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: 1850 - 1899
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: May
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Light copper
- Flower size: Large
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth rate: Average
- Attractive features: Autumn foliage colour
- Soil type: Chalky
- Soil type: Clay
- Pruning: Light prune
- Flowering season: Late
- Useful for: Specimen planting
- Spread after 10 years: 3m-4m / 10ft-13ft
Climate
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Cold hardiness (RHS): H6 (to -20C)
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Shogetsu - Blushing Bride flowering cherry trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
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Shogetsu - Blushing Bride flowering cherry trees