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Choose from over 280 flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans and other ornamental trees.Tree comparisons
 Amanogawa |  Admiration |  Accolade | Snow Queen |  Silver Birch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A popular columnar flowering cherry, also known as the Flagpole Cherry. | Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers. | An impressive spreading ornamental cherry tree, with light pink double-flowers. | An attractive tree, and one of the best forms of the Himalayan birch, with a bright white stem. | The Common Silver Birch, native to Europe, popular for its peeling white bark and pendulous branches. | |
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Growing
| Japanese flowering cherry tree Amanogawa | Crab-apple trees Admiration | Flowering cherry tree Accolade | Birch Snow Queen | Birch Silver Birch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardening skill | Beginner | Beginner | Beginner | Beginner | Beginner |
| Awards | RHS Award of Garden Merit RHS Award of Merit | RHS Award of Garden Merit | RHS Award of Garden Merit RHS Award of Merit | RHS Award of Garden Merit | |
| Attractive features | Attractive flowers Scented flowers | Attractive flowers Attractive fruit Scented flowers | Attractive flowers Attractive tree / plant | Attractive bark Autumn foliage colour | Attractive bark Autumn foliage colour |
| Growth habit | Columnar / Fastigiate | Columnar / Fastigiate | Spreading | Upright-spreading | Upright-spreading |
| Height after 10 years | 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft | 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft | 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft | 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft | 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft |
| Sunlight | Prefers full sun Some shade | Prefers full sun | |||
| Pruning | No need to prune | Light prune | Do not prune | Do not prune | |
| Growth rate | Average | Slow | Average | Fast | |
| Site conditions | Occasional flooding Occasional drought | Occasional flooding Occasional drought |
Identification
| Japanese flowering cherry tree Amanogawa | Crab-apple trees Admiration | Flowering cherry tree Accolade | Birch Snow Queen | Birch Silver Birch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower colour | Pink - light | Pink - light | Pink - light | ||
| Flower form | Semi-double flower (10-20 petals) | Semi-double flower (10-20 petals) | |||
| Flowering month | May | April | April | ||
| Leaf colour | Green | Green | Green | Green | Green |
| Leaf colour - autumn | Orange / Red | Orange / Red | Yellow | Yellow | |
| Fruit colour | Red | ||||
| Fruit persistence | Persistent | ||||
| Bark | White | White | |||
| Country of origin | Japan | United States | United Kingdom | ||
| Wildlife | RHS perfect for pollinators Attractive to birds | ||||
| Annual cycle | Deciduous | Deciduous | Deciduous | Deciduous | Deciduous |