Plant: Okame - Cherry Tree
Cherry Tree · Prunus 'Okame'
Size: 5 gal
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Mature size
More about this plant
A small deciduous flowering cherry in the rose family, a hybrid of Prunus campanulata and Prunus incisa, reaching 15 to 30 feet tall and 20 to 30 feet wide with a vase shaped crown. Clear bright rosy pink blooms with one inch petals appear in profusion in early spring, are mildly fragrant and last about three weeks, and the deep green leaves with orange tints turn gold, orange and red in fall. Polished reddish brown bark with horizontal lenticels adds interest. It needs full sun, takes clay, sand or shallow rocky soil across a wide pH range, and resists drought, heat and humidity, though flowers can be caught by a late freeze.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 30 ft tall and 30 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 6a-9b
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A small deciduous flowering cherry in the rose family, a hybrid of Prunus campanulata and Prunus incisa, reaching 15 to 30 feet tall and 20 to 30 feet wide with a vase shaped crown. Clear bright rosy pink blooms with one inch petals appear in profusion in early spring, are mildly fragrant and last about three weeks, and the deep green leaves with orange tints turn gold, orange and red in fall. Polished reddish brown bark with horizontal lenticels adds interest. It needs full sun, takes clay, sand or shallow rocky soil across a wide pH range, and resists drought, heat and humidity, though flowers can be caught by a late freeze.
- Flowers
- Clear bright rosy pink blooms with one inch long petals appear in profusion in early spring, last about three weeks and are mildly fragrant.
- Foliage
- Alternate simple leaves 1 to 2.5 inches long are deep green with orange tints, turning bronzy red to bright orange and red in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Polished reddish brown to bronze bark with the characteristic cherry lenticels forming horizontal lines.
