Description

An old favorite flowering cherry variety from Japan, this cultivar is covered in dazzling double light pink flowers in early spring before the leaves; stunning bronze bark, good fall color and spreading habit; needs full sun and well-drained soil

Landscape Attributes

Shirofugen Flowering Cherry is a deciduous tree with a more or less rounded form. 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.

Shirofugen Flowering Cherry is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Shirofugen Flowering Cherry will grow to be about 35 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 30 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 4 feet from the ground, and should not be planted underneath 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.