General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Other
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Plant Height: 20 to 40 feet
Plant Spread: 30-40 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Broadleaf
Other: Serrate, dark green leaves.
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Blooms on old wood
Other: flowers in 3 to 6-flowered clusters
Flower Color: White
Other: Tinged with pink.
Flower Time: Spring
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree
Uses: Shade Tree
Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Goes Dormant
Awards and Recognitions: Other: 2007 Great Plant Picks Award Winner
Parentage: P. serrulata (or P. speciosa) x P. subhirtella

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Common names
  • Yoshino Cherry
  • Tokyo Cherry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Prunus x yedoensis
  • Synonym: Cerasus x yedoensis

Photo Gallery
Location: my yard
Date: 2020-03-18
later the same day
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-26
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-26
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-26
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-26
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-26
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: my yard
Date: 2020-03-18
After 8 years and from a 6" stick, this is its very first bloom!
Location: Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-09
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-26
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: 2018-04-28
Partial sun.
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-28
Location: Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-09
Location: Washington DC
Date: April 2007
Location: my front yard which is on a 6 lane thoroughfare in the heart of Dallas.  my gift to commuters.
Date: March 24, 2023
with Ice Folly daffodil leaves
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-26
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-26
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: April 2014
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: April 2014
Location: My yard.
Date: 2012-03-20
Location: My house in Portsmouth.
Date: 2013-04-12
It got humid over night and the flowers turned bright pink!! Not
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: April of 2003
line of trees in bloom
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-23
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2012-04-05
Location: my yard
Date: 2023-03-23
Location: My house in Portsmouth.
Date: 2013-04-09
Tree is almost 5 years old.
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-26
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-26
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-06
"Prunus x yedoensis, 2018 photo, yoshino cherry, , USDA Hardiness
Location: Central Pennsylvania
Date: 2019-04-14
Location: February, 2024
Location: West Valley City, UT
Location: West Valley City, UT
Location: My house in Portsmouth.
Date: 2012-03-20
Blooms on first day of spring.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-23
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-23
Branch pattern
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-23
Branch section with new leaves
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-23
with antler scrapings
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-23
Bloom cluster
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-23
Tree is shown in its natural shape
Comments:
  • Posted by virginiarose (Virginia - Zone 8a) on Oct 15, 2013 10:38 AM concerning plant:
    This hybrid cherry comes from Japan and is one of the predominant cherry trees planted in Washington D.C.
  • Posted by virginiarose (Virginia - Zone 8a) on Dec 8, 2011 10:56 AM concerning plant:
    This is a very fast-growing tree. Mine is two years old. It has beautiful light pink flowers in spring and is good for shade all summer. It is exposed to north and west winds and has done fine. Birds love to perch in the tree after they take a bath or are just waiting for insects.
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Apr 10, 2019 10:08 AM concerning plant:
    This is the most common and famous Japanese Flowering Cherry cultivar planted around Washington DC. It is commonly planted and grown in nurseries in the Mid-Atlantic, including southeast Pennsylvania. I have not seen any planted around my native Chicago, Illinois area in Zone 5a now or since my childhood. A very few Weeping Higan Cherries and Kwazan Flowering Cherries have been tried in Chicagoland, but I don't know of any good success with those either, maybe surviving but not growing big; I can't think of seeing any.
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Feb 8, 2012 2:33 PM concerning plant:
    Valuable source of nectar and pollen for honey bees.
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