Flowering: Blooming
Growth Rate: Fast growth rate
Plant Group: Tree
Plant Type: Deciduous
Fall Color: Yellow-Gold
Flower Color: White to Pink
Mature Height: 15-25’
Mature Spread: 15-25’
Growth Rate: Slow
Foliage Color: Green
Sun Expose: Full Sun-Partial Sun
Zones: 5-8
The Yoshino Cherry tree, Prunus X Yedoensis, has white or pink clusters of beautiful flowers that have a scent of almond. The flowers appear before the leaves. Total bloom time usually 10-14 days. These ornamental cherries are bred for flowers and fragrance instead of fruit. The lavish blooms of soft pink semi-double fragrant flowers cover the rounded-spreading crown of this cherry.
These deciduous trees have glossy, dark green leaves that turn yellow in fall. Yoshino Cherry trees prefer full sun and well-drained soils. It is excellent as a border or mass plantings in an open area or as a specimen tree. They are exceptionally showy with evergreens in the background. It is the main cherry tree in the Washington tidal basin, common on US Capitol grounds and around the Library of Congress. Size at shipping is 12-18 inches tall, Shipping bare root.
Canceling or Changing your order is not an option available through the Web site at this time. However, you can either send us an email letting us know the confirmation web order number or the order number you were assigned when we confirmed your order in email with assigned shipping week and what changes you would like to make. We will try to accommodate your changes if possible. Please be aware that as we get closer to your shipping time it may not be possible to make changes to your order.
We do understand that sometimes orders must be canceled. Orders not yet charged may be canceled without incurring any fees.
If an order has already been charged, we will cancel the order at your request. However, a 10% cancellation fee (with a minimum $5.00 charge) will be applied. Our credit card processor charges us 3% when we charge your card and another 3% when we refund your card as well as transaction fees.
Orders placed will ship within 1-3 weeks of the order date, We try our best to ship faster than this stated time frame.
During Winter and some early Spring shipments. Some of the plant materials in this shipment are DORMANT. This means that even though they have no green top growth, they will grow from dormant buds when temperatures are right. For many perennials, This 'rest period' is ESSENTIAL to good flowering performance in the upcoming season. During Summer/Winter months shipping might be delayed as we only will be shipping on days that we know it won’t harm the plant(s). Monday through Wednesday.
