PlantsTrees
Flowering Cherry
Prunus serrulata
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
A short-lived cloud of pink in April
ModerateTreesAlso Flowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 15–25 ft
- Spacing
- 15–20 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Apr
- How it spreads
- Small tree
- What to buy
- A named cultivar. Kwanzan is the common double pink.
- When to plant
- Plant April.
In the design
It flowers hard and often declines in 15 to 20 years. Bacterial canker and wet clay hurry that up. Plant it when someone wants the spring, and don't pretend it is an oak.
Handle with care
Don't eat the fruit or pits. This is not a pie cherry.
