Prunus Serrulata For Roof Top Gardens

Prunus serrulata kwanzan deep pink flowers with many petals usually bloom in early april.

Prunus serrulata for roof top gardens.

The cultivar dates back to the beginning of the 1800s. The tree grows in u s. Speciosa and their cultivars. This species is rarely sold in commerce however.

Ideal for small gardens award winning prunus shirotae is a small deciduous tree with a remarkable spreading flat crown and slightly arching branches. Photo of the month. High by 6 8 ft. Kwanzan cherry trees lining the sides of a paved bike trail.

Prunus serrulata kanzan one of the most popular ornamental cherries in the west these puffy pink flowers have a truly glorious number of petals. Light pink semi double fragrant midseason blossoms. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 9. This white blossomed japanese flowering cherry cultivar has some of the largest flowers of any flowering cherry.

Prunus serrulata commonly called japanese flowering cherry or oriental cherry is a medium sized tree growing to 50 75 tall in its native habitat. Growth is upright vase shaped with a broad canopy 30 40 tall wide. In mid to late spring it gets covered with abundant and beautiful pure white semi double flowers which are among the largest of the flowering cherries. New leaves are bronze turn green during summer and peachy gold in autumn before dropping.

The term flowering cherry refers to seven species of prunus prunus campanulata p. A great white cherry prunus taihaku grows next to the gateway in our japanese landscape. According to the flower association of japan there are over three hundred species varieties and hybrids of japanese flowering cherries. I have a prunus incisa kojo no mai which has been in situ for about 5 years now.

Prunus serrulata kojima mt. Amanagawa flowering cherry prunus serrulata amanagawa where to buy this variety very narrow columnar growth to 20 25 ft. Kanzans bloom just before and as their red tinted leaves emerge making this tree a magnificent display. With 23 28 petals this is known as a double flower cherry.

This species was thought to be extinct in japan in the 1920s when an english plant collector collingwood ingram matched a tree growing in sussex to a japanese painting of a white cherry.