Plant: Akebono - Yoshino Cherry Tree
Cherry Tree · Prunus x yedoensis 'Akebono'
Size: 7 gal
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More about this plant
A flowering Japanese cherry whose soft pink single to semi double flowers fade to white as they open, carried on a tree 25 to 35 feet tall that is upright and rounded when young and spreading with age. Glossy dark green leaves turn gold, yellow and orange in fall, and small black drupes follow and hang into winter for songbirds. It wants full sun and a moist, well drained acid soil, and makes a low maintenance specimen or border tree for a lawn, patio or walkway.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 35 ft tall and 40 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5b-8a
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A flowering Japanese cherry whose soft pink single to semi double flowers fade to white as they open, carried on a tree 25 to 35 feet tall that is upright and rounded when young and spreading with age. Glossy dark green leaves turn gold, yellow and orange in fall, and small black drupes follow and hang into winter for songbirds. It wants full sun and a moist, well drained acid soil, and makes a low maintenance specimen or border tree for a lawn, patio or walkway.
- Flowers
- Soft pink flowers that may be single, double or semi double open with a slight fragrance and fade to white when fully open.
- Foliage
- Glossy dark green simple alternate leaves 2 to 4 inches long with doubly serrate to serrate margins.
- Fruit
- Small round black drupes about a quarter to half an inch across, inconspicuous and present into the winter months.
- Bark & stems
- Thin light gray to dark gray bark with prominent lenticels.
