Oriental cherry red ( Prunus serrulata ) is aboriginal to China , Korea and Japan . This metal money of cerise is the ancestor of the Sato - zakura group of Nipponese cherry trees . The Oriental cerise is often a focal point in garden , where clustering of blossom can be admired up close .

Oriental cherry ( Prunus serrulata ) is aboriginal to China , Korea and Japan . This specie of cerise is the root of the Sato - zakura radical ofJapanese cherry trees . The Oriental cherry is often a focal breaker point in gardens , where clusters of blossom can be admired up near .

Description

There are many cultivars of the Oriental cerise that proffer single and forked blooms in shades of pinkish and white . In general , this Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree has a rounded form and reddish - brown bark . foliation may sour bronze in fall . Flowers appear just before the egress of leaves .

Growing Conditions

The Oriental cherry is susceptible to wound from pesterer and disease , as well as environmental tenseness , such as air pollution and constrict soil . For these reasons , it is regard as a shortly - live tree . The Oriental cherry does well in moist and well - drained soil and full Lord’s Day . It is cold intrepid to United States Department of Agriculture plant life hardiness geographical zone 5 .

The Kwanzan cerise is a popular cultivar of the Oriental cherry red and was introduced to American gardens in 1903 . Double pink efflorescence decorate the tree ’s vase - same canopy in April and May . Every spring in Washington D.C. , the Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates the showy blooms of the Kwanzan and Yoshino cherry trees .

Cherry Tree

cerise tree have bloodless or pink flowers coif in small clusters , and most species and cultivars have five - petaled flowers , like most other members of the Rosaceae family . Some two-fold - blooming salmagundi have many additional petals giving a fuller aspect . The leaves are also finely serrated around the leeway . Determine the characteristics of the bark . Most cherries have either grayish - brown or ruby-red - browned barque and are pattern with conspicuous horizontal marks call lenticel . remark whether the flowers are present before or along with the leaves ' appearance . cosmetic and orchard kind display their flowers before the leave issue and start to fade as the tree riff out . bleak cherries and like wild cherries , however , display their efflorescence while the leaves are present .

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