Description

One of the best Japanese cherries, this is a narrow, upright cultivar which is covered in showy pink flowers in early spring before the leaves; stunning bronze bark, good fall color; makes a great front yard feature, needs full sun and well-drained soil

Landscape Attributes

Amanogawa Flowering Cherry is a deciduous tree with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Amanogawa Flowering Cherry is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Amanogawa Flowering Cherry will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.