Prunus 'Gyoiko'

Introduced 1914. The Japanese name means coloured court robes (Ko-Gyo-i) ; it refers to the colours of women’s robes in the Imperial Court in ancient Japan.

[Syn: P. serrulata f.tricolor Miyoshi (1916); P. lannesiana ‘Gioiko’]. AM 1930

Gyoiko is very closely related to Ukon, with a similar growth habit. It flowers a little later than Ukon and sometimes grows a chimerical branch with Ukon flowers.

Double blooms c. 1.5" dia . Yellowish cream broadly slashed with green - darker than Ukon. Petal edges faintly marked with pink .Petals are grass-green with a narrow white stripe and with occasional pink stroke. The outer petals are reflexed. Flowers early May; very floriferous.

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At Keele: one by The Covert; compartment 64; square I8; tag 4041

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