Autumn 2024
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Over 400 varieties of flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans and other ornamental trees.
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Varieties
12 varieties
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Flower colour
- White
Growth habit
- Spreading / Flat-topped
Category
- Flowering cherry trees
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Categories
Cercis (Redbud) trees
1
Cornus (Dogwood) trees
2
Crab-apple trees
5
Evergreen trees
2
Flowering cherry trees
12
Japanese flowering cherries
4
Flowering pears
1
Fruiting ornamental trees
1
Hawthorn trees
4
Melliferous trees
3
Native trees
1
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
5
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
1
Our recommendations
1
Stock availability
All
12
In stock
8
Not in stock
4
Available form
1-year
1
2-year
5
3-year
Top-worked
4
Spindlebush
Available as
Bare-root
1
12L pot
5
11.5L pot
4
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
7
Average
3
Experienced
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
5
RHS AGM (former)
3
RHS AM
1
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
12
Attractive fruit
Attractive tree / plant
3
Attractive bark
Attractive foliage
2
Autumn foliage colour
8
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
4
Scented foliage
1
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
2
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
4
Upright
5
Upright-spreading / Vase
7
Pyramidal
Spreading / Flat-topped
12
Weeping
3
Multi-stem
Height after 10 years
Up to 1.5m / 5ft
1
1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
5
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
5
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
1
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
4
Some shade
1
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
No need to prune
Light prune
3
Prune after flowering
5
Prune hard
2
Growth rate
?
Fast
Average
6
Slow
4
Site conditions
Sheltered site
Windy site
Free-draining site
Occasional flooding
1
Occasional drought
1
Coastal site
Air pollution
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
4
RHS Plants for Pollinators
1
Melliferous
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
12
Cream
Pink - light
6
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Magenta
Purple
Mauve
Yellow
Flower form
?
Single flower (5-8 petals)
7
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
1
Double flower (25-50 petals)
2
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Flowering month
January
2
February
3
March
4
April
5
May
June
2
July
August
September
November
December
1
Leaf colour
Green
9
Bronze
1
Dark purple
Grey-green
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
3
Yellow
Yellow / Crimson
Orange / Gold
Orange / Red
6
Bronze / Purple
Multiple tints
1
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
1
Flowers appear first
1
Leaves and Flowers appear together
1
Fruit colour
Black
1
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Pink
Purple
2
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Russet
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Very small
1
Small
2
Average
Large
Very large
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
Bark
White
Grey
Brown - light
Brown - chocolate
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
Striated - red
Peeling
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
2
Canada
China
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
6
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
New Zealand
Portugal
1
Russia
South Korea
Spain
1
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
1
United States
Annual cycle
Deciduous
10
Evergreen
2
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Varieties list
Autumnalis
A Japanese flowering cherry with white blossom. Flowering may begin around Christmas and continue to spring in some seasons.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus x subhirtella
Catherine
An unusual winter-flowering cherry, which also has superb autumn leaf colours.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Kojo-no-mai
An excellent small compact blossom tree, featuring a mass of small white flowers, and good autumn colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa
Mikinori
Mikinori is a classic early-flowering Fuji cherry tree, with red autumn leaf colours.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa
Myrtifolia
The Portuguese Laurel forms a small spreading tree, easy to grow, and ideal for patios.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Prunus lusitanica
Oshidori Princesse
A small ornamental cherry with double white flowers, and autumn leaf colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus incisa
Pink Shell
This perfectly named flowering cherry features clusters of pink blossom hanging like pink shells.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus
Praecox
A small and hardy winter-flowering cherry, ideal for winter colour and small gardens.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus incisa
Prunus lusitanica
The Portuguese Laurel is a dense small evergreen flowering cherry tree.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Prunus lusitanica
Somei-Yoshino
The Somei-Yoshino cherry with its graceful wide-spreading branches and large white flowers is the definitive Japanese flowering cherry.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x yedoensis
Spring Snow
A Japanese flowering cherry with double-flowered white blossom borne on bare branches, followed by coppery-leaves.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
The Bride
A small ornamental cherry with large single white flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus