Spring Snow flowering cherry
PrunusA Japanese flowering cherry with double-flowered white blossom borne on bare branches, followed by coppery-leaves.
USDA identification images for Spring Snow
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 Spring Snow tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Prunus species - Flowering cherry
Identification
- Country of origin: Japan
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Bronze
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Light copper
- Flower size: Medium
Using
- Garden type: Small town garden
- Garden type: Formal garden
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Vigour: Slightly small
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Growth rate: Average
- Attractive features: Autumn foliage colour
- Attractive features: Scented flowers
- Pruning: Light prune
- Flowering season: Late
- Useful for: Small gardens
Climate
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Cold hardiness (RHS): H6 (to -20C)
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Spring Snow flowering cherry trees for sale:
- Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Spring Snow flowering cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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