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List of medium-sized cherry blossom trees
A selection of medium-sized flowering cherry trees (3m-5m mature height).
30 varieties
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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
4
Amelanchier trees
4
Cercis (Redbud) trees
4
Cornus (Dogwood) trees
8
Corylus (Hazel) trees
2
Crab-apple trees
17
Evergreen trees
1
Flowering cherry trees
28
Japanese flowering cherries
2
Flowering pears
2
Fruiting ornamental trees
4
Hawthorn trees
3
Melliferous trees
3
Japanese maple trees
5
Liquidambar trees
1
Magnolia trees
5
Maple trees
5
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
2
Syringa (Lilac) trees
9
Our recommendations
1
Stock availability
All
30
In stock
22
Not in stock
8
Available form
1-year
13
2-year
21
3-year
Top-worked
2
Spindlebush
Available as
Bare-root
13
12L pot
21
11.5L pot
2
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
19
Average
7
Experienced
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
9
RHS AGM (former)
5
RHS AM
4
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
29
Attractive fruit
Attractive tree / plant
7
Attractive bark
4
Attractive foliage
1
Autumn foliage colour
14
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
6
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
12
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
30
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
34
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
8
Some shade
1
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
1
No need to prune
Light prune
15
Prune after flowering
4
Prune hard
1
Growth rate
?
Fast
6
Average
18
Slow
1
Site conditions
Sheltered site
Windy site
Free-draining site
Occasional flooding
2
Occasional drought
1
Coastal site
Air pollution
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
5
RHS Plants for Pollinators
3
Melliferous
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
17
Cream
Pink - light
9
Pink
4
Pink - dark
1
Red - dark
Crimson
Magenta
Purple
Mauve
Yellow
Flower form
?
Single flower (5-8 petals)
21
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
5
Double flower (25-50 petals)
4
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Flowering month
January
3
February
4
March
11
April
19
May
2
June
July
August
September
November
December
1
Leaf colour
Green
25
Bronze
3
Dark purple
1
Grey-green
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
4
Yellow
3
Yellow / Crimson
1
Orange / Gold
1
Orange / Red
8
Bronze / Purple
Multiple tints
5
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
3
Flowers appear first
3
Leaves and Flowers appear together
4
Fruit colour
Black
1
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Pink
Purple
Red
Red - dark
2
Red / Black
1
Russet
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Very small
3
Small
1
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
1
Striated - brown
Striated - red
Peeling
1
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
2
Canada
China
2
Denmark
France
1
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
8
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
2
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
6
United States
3
Annual cycle
Deciduous
30
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
Pendula Plena Rosea
One of the most attractive and oldest of the traditional Japanese weeping cherries.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus pendula
Pendula Rubra
An attractive early-flowering wide-spreading weeping Japanese pink cherry blossom tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: Pink
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus pendula
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 himalaica
A flowering cherry, but grown primarily for the stunning copper striped bark.
Flower colour: White
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus himalaica
Prunus litigiosa
A columnar flowering cherry, often called the Tassel Cherry because of unusual shape of its white flowers.
Flower colour: White
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus litigiosa
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
Snow Showers
Snow Showers is a compact slow-growing flowering cherry, with long weeping branches and a mass of white single flowers.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus
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
Trailblazer
An ornamental plum with white blossom and purple leaves, usually also produces dark red cherry-plums fruits, which can be eaten or cooked.
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus cerasifera
Weeping Yoshino
A weeping form of the traditional Japanese Yoshino flowing cherry.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x yedoensis pendula