Grid reference | ST 17633 77053 |
Common name | Yoshino cherry |
Origin | Japan |
Deciduous | Yes |
Tag | unknown |
Missing old tag | 591 |
Plaque | Dennis Mutton of Roath |
Planted | 1993/4 |
Height | 8M March 2017 |
Girth | 63cm March 2017 |
Girth | 104cm June 2023 |
Reference | 501 |
This tree is on the south west side of the Cherry group. It is 40M east of the river path.
(This tree was originally planted as Prunus 'Fudan-zakura' but has shown no sign of winter flowering.)
General tree description
Prunus x yedoensis is a hybrid of P. speciosa (Oshima cherry) and P. x subhirtella (Spring cherry). It is small tree with a low, dense shape and smooth, grey bark. The leaves are large (6 to 15cm long) and serrated, emerging bronze in colour and turning olive-green. They are downy beneath the main veins. Almond-scented flowers appear in late March or early April, before the leaves. The flowers are 3 to 3.5cm across with five white or pale pink petals, growing in clusters of five or six together.