Prunus 'Asagi'

Known since 1937; it is very rare both in Japan and in the West. ‘Asagi’ translates as “shallow-yellow”.

P. ‘Asagi’ is a strain of P. ’Ukon’. It is less vigorous and less handsome than that cultivar.

It has lighter flowers than P. ‘Ukon’. 8 - 12 petals per flower. Colour is a greenish-yellow slightly tinged with pink. Single. It is the earliest of the yellow flowered cherries to open.

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At Keele: One in temporary storage; tag 4156.

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