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List of medium-sized upright / spreading flowering cherry trees
A selection of medium-sized flowering cherry trees with an upright or spreading habit.
23 varieties
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Growth habit
- Spreading / Flat-topped
Growth habit
- Upright
Growth habit
- Upright-spreading / Vase
Height after 10 years
- 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Category
- Flowering cherry trees
Category
- Japanese flowering cherry trees
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Categories
Albizia (Silk) trees
3
Amelanchier trees
4
Cercis (Redbud) trees
3
Cornus (Dogwood) trees
8
Corylus (Hazel) trees
2
Crab-apple trees
15
Evergreen trees
1
Flowering cherry trees
21
Japanese flowering cherries
2
Flowering pears
2
Fruiting ornamental trees
4
Hawthorn trees
3
Melliferous trees
3
Magnolia trees
4
Maple trees
5
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
2
Our recommendations
1
Stock availability
All
23
In stock
16
Not in stock
7
Available form
1-year
8
2-year
16
3-year
Top-worked
1
Spindlebush
Available as
Bare-root
9
12L pot
16
11.5L pot
1
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
15
Average
5
Experienced
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
8
RHS AGM (former)
5
RHS AM
4
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
22
Attractive fruit
Attractive tree / plant
5
Attractive bark
3
Attractive foliage
Autumn foliage colour
12
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
5
Scented foliage
2
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
1
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
2
Upright
8
Upright-spreading / Vase
8
Pyramidal
Spreading / Flat-topped
7
Weeping
4
Multi-stem
Height after 10 years
Up to 1.5m / 5ft
3
1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
7
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
23
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
30
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
8
Some shade
1
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
No need to prune
Light prune
12
Prune after flowering
4
Prune hard
1
Growth rate
?
Fast
6
Average
13
Slow
Site conditions
Sheltered site
Windy site
Free-draining site
Occasional flooding
1
Occasional drought
1
Coastal site
Air pollution
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
4
RHS Plants for Pollinators
2
Melliferous
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
12
Cream
Pink - light
9
Pink
3
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Magenta
Purple
Mauve
Yellow
Flower form
?
Single flower (5-8 petals)
15
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
5
Double flower (25-50 petals)
3
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Flowering month
January
3
February
4
March
8
April
15
May
2
June
July
August
September
November
December
1
Leaf colour
Green
20
Bronze
2
Dark purple
Grey-green
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
2
Yellow
3
Yellow / Crimson
1
Orange / Gold
1
Orange / Red
7
Bronze / Purple
Multiple tints
5
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
2
Flowers appear first
2
Leaves and Flowers appear together
2
Fruit colour
Black
1
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Pink
Purple
Red
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
1
Russet
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Very small
3
Small
Average
Large
Very large
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
Bark
White
Grey
Brown - light
Brown - chocolate
1
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
Striated - red
Peeling
1
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
2
Canada
China
1
Denmark
France
1
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
6
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
2
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
6
United States
2
Annual cycle
Deciduous
23
Evergreen
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Varieties list
Amber Beauty
Amber Beauty is a form of the Manchurian Cherry, notable for dense clusters of white blossom.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus maackii
Ascendens Rosea
This beautiful flowering cherry has a graceful upright habit and white/pink blossom.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus pendula
Autumnalis
A Japanese flowering cherry with white blossom. Flowering may begin around Christmas and continue to spring in some seasons.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus x subhirtella
Autumnalis Rosea
A Japanese flowering cherry with light pink blossom, can sometimes flower through the whole winter.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus x subhirtella
Branklyn
One of the best forms of Prunus serrula, grown for its beautiful peeling brown bark.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus serrula
Catherine
An unusual winter-flowering cherry, which also has superb autumn leaf colours.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Columnaris
A more erect form of Sargent's cherry, and with more dramatic autumn colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: March
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
Prunus sargentii
Daikoku
Daikoku is one of the less well-known Japanese blossom trees, but features pretty pink - white blossom.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - light
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
Hally Jolivette
This graceful flowering cherry is notable for its long-lived white blossom.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus subhirtella
Kursar
A small ornamental early-flowing cherry tree, with profuse blossom.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus
Le Thoureil
A good example of the Bird Cherry, with semi-double flowers, ideal for smaller gardens.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Prunus padus
Okame
Okame is a small hardy blossom tree featuring shell-pink single flowers and attractive autumn colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Flower colour: Pink
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus incisa x Prunus campanulata
Pandora
An excellent small flowering cherry, with pale pink blossom, and interesting leaf colour in both spring and autumn.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Pink Shell
This perfectly named flowering cherry features clusters of pink blossom hanging like pink shells.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus
Powder Puff
Powder Puff (also known as Kobuku-zakura) is an early-flowering white cherry blossom tree, with particularly luxuriant double-white flowers.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus
Prunus serrula
A popular flowering cherry tree species, The Tibetan cherry or Birch Bark cherry is well-known for its attractive bark.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus serrula
Shosar
An upright fastigate flowering cherry with pink blossom and good autumn leaf colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus campanulata x incisa x sargentii
Snow Goose
A small upright flowering cherry tree with particularly large single white flowers.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa x speciosa
Spire
A compact upright blossom tree with pale pink flowers, and orange-red autumn foliage colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Prunus
Spring Snow
A Japanese flowering cherry with double-flowered white blossom borne on bare branches, followed by coppery-leaves.
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus
Stellata
A small flowering cherry tree, named after its star-shaped pink blossom.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus pendula
The Bride
A small ornamental cherry with large single white flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
Tiltstone Hellfire
Tilstone Hellfire is small flowering cherry tree with large single flowers, and spectacular autumn colours.
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Prunus