Plant: Weeping Yoshino Cherry Tree
Cherry Tree · Prunus x yedoensis 'Pendula'
Size: 15 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Yoshino cherry is a fast growing Japanese flowering cherry, 30 to 40 feet tall and wide spreading, with arching open branches and glossy bark marked by prominent horizontal lenticels for winter interest. Pink to snow white fragrant flowers open in congested corymbs for two to three weeks in spring before the leaves, and small black drupes follow in summer. Bright green serrate leaves turn gold and yellow in fall. It takes full sun to partial shade on moist, well drained soil and tolerates heat, humidity and urban conditions.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 40 ft tall and 50 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5a-8b
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Yoshino cherry is a fast growing Japanese flowering cherry, 30 to 40 feet tall and wide spreading, with arching open branches and glossy bark marked by prominent horizontal lenticels for winter interest. Pink to snow white fragrant flowers open in congested corymbs for two to three weeks in spring before the leaves, and small black drupes follow in summer. Bright green serrate leaves turn gold and yellow in fall. It takes full sun to partial shade on moist, well drained soil and tolerates heat, humidity and urban conditions.
- Flowers
- Flowers are pure or snow white and hold for 2 to 3 weeks; the inflorescence is a congested corymb.
- Foliage
- Bright green leaves are alternate, simple, elliptic and acuminate, serrate with inconspicuous short stalked glands.
- Bark & stems
- Glossy bark with prominent horizontal lenticels adds winter interest.
- Native range
- Japan
