The Somei-Yoshino cherry - a graceful wide-spreading flowering cherry with large white blossom, which is the national flower of Japan.
Yoshino flowering cherry identification images
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USDA identification images for Yoshino
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.
See also
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United Kingdom
- Lorena Fernandez in Bristol, NORTH SOMERSET
Origins
- Species: Prunus species - Flowering cherry
Identification
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Country of origin: Japan
- Fruit colour: Black
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: March
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Flower size: Large
- Fruit size: Very small
Using
- Wildlife: Attractive to birds
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth rate: Average
- Attractive features: Autumn foliage colour
- Attractive features: Scented flowers
- Soil type: Chalky
- Soil type: Clay
- Pruning: Light prune
- 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 Yoshino flowering cherry trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Yoshino flowering cherry trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Somei-Yoshino flowering cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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