A large flowering cherry tree with a distinctive columnar form, and large single white flowers.
Sunset Boulevard flowering cherry identification images
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USDA identification images for Sunset Boulevard
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: Belgium
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Flower size: Medium
- Leaf/Flower sequence: Leaves appear first
Growing
- Vigour: Slightly large
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Attractive features: Scented flowers
- Soil type: Clay
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Light prune
- Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
- Flowering season: Mid-season
- Useful for: Small gardens
- Useful for: Street / amenity
- Useful for: Specimen planting
- Spread after 10 years: 1m-2m / 3ft-7ft
Climate
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Cold hardiness (RHS): H6 (to -20C)
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Sunset Boulevard flowering cherry trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Sunset Boulevard flowering cherry trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Sunset Boulevard flowering cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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