Higan Cherry

Other names

Winter Flowering Cherry, Spring Cherry, Rosebud Cherry

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Perennial

Location

Conifer Slope

Source of plant

Arborvillage Farm Nursery

Description

Deciduous, erect, slightly spreading tree to 7m by 7m. Bark grey, branchlets slender, young shoots slender, pubescent. Leaves to 8cm, ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, bright green above with slightly pubescent venation beneath. Flowers single, 3.5cm across, petals narrow oblong, clear shell pink, clustered to 5 at end 15cm of shoots so appears to form a single panicle. Also called 'Pink Star'.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5