#357 (D2) WINTER FLOWERING CHERRY
Prunus subhirtella Autumnalis
Planted: 1998
This specimen is in the centre of the Chinese and Japanese section.
| Distribution: | Species not found in the wild. A hybrid of two Japanese species: Prunus itosakura and Prunus incisa. |
| Planting Date: | Purchased from Blakedown Nurseries, Kidderminster in 1998. |
| Growth Habit: | A small deciduous flowering tree. |
| Leaf: | Ovate, toothed, dark green leaves turning yellow and orange in autumn |
| Flowers: | Also known as Winter Flowering Cherry, its small semi-double flowers are borne in short-stalked clusters of 2 to 5, rose pink becoming paler with age and produced sporadically from November through to March before the leaves |
| Toxicity: | Unknown |
| Uses: | An ornamental flowering tree |
| Introduction Date: | Not known |
| Anecdotes and Comments: | Leading stem broken to 1m in 2004. |