General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 15 - 25 feet, to 50 feet or more in its native habitat.
Plant Spread: 15 - 20 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Other: Small, pea-like black drupe.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Suitable Locations: Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree
Uses: Flowering Tree
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Japanese Flowering Cherry
  • Yamazakura
  • Birch Bark Tree
  • Ornamental Cherry
  • Redbark Cherry
  • Tibetan Cherry Tree
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Prunus serrulata
  • Synonym: Prunus serrulata var. serrulata
  • Synonym: Cerasus serrulata

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Location: Southern Pines, NC
Date: April 6, 2024
Japanese flowering cherry # 248 nn; LHB page 542, 95-44-29, "Clas
Location: Southern Pines, NC
Date: April 6, 2024
Japanese flowering cherry # 248 nn; LHB page 542, 95-44-29, "Clas

Date: 2008-07-30
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Location: Concord, NC zone 7
Date: 2018-04-13
Location: Concord, NC zone 7
Date: 2018-04-13
I do not know the cultivar of this cherry tree as it was planted
Location: Mount Fuji
Date: 2010-04-27
Photo courtesy of: Midori
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Japanese flowering cherry # 248 nn; LHB page 542, 95-44-29, "Clas
Location: Southern Pines, NC
Date: October 16, 2023
Japanese flowering cherry # 248 nn; LHB page 542, 95-44-29, "Clas
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-03-10
Pollinating A Japanese Flowering Cherry Blossom 001
Location: Fairfax, VA | April, 2022
Date: 2022-04-29

Date: 2004-04-19
Photo courtesy of: Tobias Wolter
Location: Concord, NC zone 7
Date: 2018-04-13

Date: May
credit: Kropsoq
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