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Over 400 varieties of flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans and other ornamental trees.
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Varieties
23 varieties
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Flower colour
- White
Flower form
- Single flower (5-8 petals)
Category
- Flowering cherry trees
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Categories
Amelanchier trees
1
Cercis (Redbud) trees
2
Crab-apple trees
20
Flowering cherry trees
23
Japanese flowering cherries
3
Hawthorn trees
3
Melliferous trees
2
Magnolia trees
7
Native trees
2
Stock availability
All
23
In stock
17
Not in stock
6
Available form
1-year
7
2-year
12
3-year
Top-worked
7
Spindlebush
Available as
Bare-root
7
12L pot
12
11.5L pot
7
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
15
Average
2
Experienced
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
6
RHS AGM (former)
4
RHS AM
1
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
22
Attractive fruit
1
Attractive tree / plant
5
Attractive bark
4
Attractive foliage
3
Autumn foliage colour
10
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
5
Scented foliage
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
2
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
4
Upright
3
Upright-spreading / Vase
5
Pyramidal
Spreading / Flat-topped
7
Weeping
3
Multi-stem
Height after 10 years
Up to 1.5m / 5ft
2
1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
4
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
12
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
5
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
7
Some shade
1
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
2
No need to prune
1
Light prune
9
Prune after flowering
5
Prune hard
Growth rate
?
Fast
3
Average
11
Slow
5
Site conditions
Sheltered site
1
Windy site
Free-draining site
1
Occasional flooding
2
Occasional drought
1
Coastal site
1
Air pollution
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
5
RHS Plants for Pollinators
4
Melliferous
1
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
23
Cream
Pink - light
11
Pink
3
Pink - dark
5
Red - dark
Crimson
Magenta
Purple
Mauve
Yellow
Flower form
?
Single flower (5-8 petals)
23
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
3
Double flower (25-50 petals)
4
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Flowering month
January
1
February
2
March
7
April
14
May
1
June
July
August
September
November
December
1
Leaf colour
Green
18
Bronze
2
Dark purple
1
Grey-green
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
4
Yellow
1
Yellow / Crimson
Orange / Gold
Orange / Red
8
Bronze / Purple
1
Multiple tints
3
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
2
Flowers appear first
4
Leaves and Flowers appear together
3
Fruit colour
Black
1
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Pink
Purple
Red
Red - dark
3
Red / Black
1
Russet
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Very small
4
Small
1
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
1
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
1
Striated - brown
Striated - red
Peeling
1
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
2
Canada
China
2
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
6
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
3
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
1
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
4
United States
2
Annual cycle
Deciduous
23
Evergreen
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Varieties list
Albertii
Albertii is a compact flowering cherry, with prolific white blossom.
Flower colour: White
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus padus
Amber Beauty
Amber Beauty is a form of the Manchurian Cherry, notable for dense clusters of white blossom.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus maackii
Branklyn
One of the best forms of Prunus serrula, grown for its beautiful peeling brown bark.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus serrula
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
Crimson Pointe
TM
A purple-leaved flowering plum tree, which grows with an upright compact form.
Flower colour: White
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x cerasifera
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
Pendula
A small graceful weeping Fuji cherry, with small single white flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 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 avium
The native "Gean" or "Mazzard" cherry, makes an attractive woodland tree.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus avium
Prunus himalaica
A flowering cherry, but grown primarily for the stunning copper striped bark.
Flower colour: White
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus himalaica
Prunus litigiosa
A columnar flowering cherry, often called the Tassel Cherry because of unusual shape of its white flowers.
Flower colour: White
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus litigiosa
Prunus serrula
A popular flowering cherry tree species, The Tibetan cherry or Birch Bark cherry is well-known for its attractive bark.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus serrula
Royal Flame
®
A flowering cherry with profuse white blossom in spring and outstanding fiery autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Snow Goose
A small upright flowering cherry tree with particularly large single white flowers.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa x speciosa
Snow Showers
Snow Showers is a compact slow-growing flowering cherry, with long weeping branches and a mass of white single flowers.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
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
Starlight
A flowering cherry with star-shaped flowers. Winner of the Plant of the Year award at the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
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
Trailblazer
An ornamental plum with white blossom and purple leaves, usually also produces dark red cherry-plums fruits, which can be eaten or cooked.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus cerasifera
Weeping Yoshino
A weeping form of the traditional Japanese Yoshino flowing cherry.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x yedoensis pendula
Yamadei
A small shrub-like ornamental cherry with clusters of white bell-shaped flowers and orange autumn leaf colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus incisa