Prunus 'Aratama'

Raised by Masatoshi Asari by crossing cultivar Botan with P. lannesiana in 1967. Considered an extreme improvement on the flowering cherry with finely wrinkled subtle and elegant flowers.

[Syn: P. lannesiana Wilson cv. Aratama]

An umbrella-shaped tree, large, to 5-10 m high with double flowers, 26-31 petals, in clusters of 2-3, 5-6 cm dia., deep red or red. Buds are deep red. Flowers in mid-May.

Leaves broad-elliptical to ovate-elliptical, dark green with deep double serration on the margins. Young foliage red or pale red, appearing before the flowers.

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At Keele: one by the boundary wall opposite running track; square G4-H3; compartment 56K; tag 4103.

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