Description

One of the renowned Japanese flowering cherry hybrids, this feature tree has a gracefully weeping habit of growth, and is smothered in racemes of showy white flowers in early spring; commands a place of prominence in the front yard with lots of room

Landscape Attributes

Shidare Yoshino Cherry is a deciduous tree with a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches. 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.

Shidare Yoshino Cherry is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Shidare Yoshino Cherry will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 30 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot 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 40 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 particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.