Snow Showers flowering cherry
PrunusA compact slow-growing flowering cherry, with long weeping branches and a mass of white single flowers.
USDA identification images for Snow Showers
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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We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a Snow Showers tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Prunus species - Flowering cherry
Identification
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: March
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Leaf/Flower sequence: Flowers appear first
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Vigour: Slightly small
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Growth rate: Slow
- Soil type: Clay
- Site conditions: Occasional flooding
- Flowering season: Early
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Snow Showers flowering cherry trees for sale:
- Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Snow Showers flowering cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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