Higan Cherry (P. subhirtella)
Mature Height/Spread: The Higan cherry will grow 20 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 30 feet wide. The habit may be upright-spreading, rounded or weeping, depending on the cultivar.
Higan cherry Rosaceae Prunus subhirtella Miq. symbol: PRSU4
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Pink Higan cherry (P. x s. 'Rosea')
Masses of single, pink blossoms open from nearly red buds. Wide-spreading, horizontally branching. Grows 7.5 m high by 9 m wide.
Higan Cherry (Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula')
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Higan Cherry PROO-nus sub-hir-TEL-la
Deciduous tree, can be 50-60 ft (15-18 m) high in its native habitat, shoots slender whip-like, pubescent. Trunk thick, bark eventually gray brown. Leaves alternate, simple, ovate, 3-8 cm long, about 2.
Higan cherry blossoms soak up the sun against a blue spring sky. Download a large version (800x600) of this image.
Culture
Higan cherry grows fast, but is usually rather short lived.
Light: Does best in full sun.
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Prunus subhirtella: Higan cherry, rosebud cherry - The species has white to pink flowers and black fruit, but many cultivars are available. Hardy in zones 6-8.
Description:
Weeping Higan Cherry is most attractive in early Spring, when pink flowers adorn its weeping branches before the foliage emerges.
Weeping White Mulberry (Morus alba 'Pendula')
Weeping Higan Cherry (Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula')
Weeping Willow (Salix alba 'Tristis')
Narrow, upright trees: ...
Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula'
Weeping Higan Cherry
Rosaceae
Located in courtyard of Budds building.
Winter sakura (fuyuzakura/Prunus subhirtella autumnalis) begins to bloom in the fall and continues blooming sporadically throughout the winter. It is said to be a cross between Tokyo Higan cherry (edohiganzakura/P. incisa) and Mamezakura/P. pendula.
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 See also: Cherry, Pink, Green, Yoshino cherry, May
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