Hiyodori-zakura - Keele University
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Keele University Arboretum

Prunus 'Hiyodori-zakura'

The Hiyodori is a noisy thrush-like Japanese bird. The Cherry is rarely seen. Name appears first in 1695.

[Prunus serrulata f. longipedunculata Miyoshi 1916]

It is a narrow vase-like tree c.4 m high. Pubescent peduncles and pedicels.

Forms in the heart of its flower a second storey flower that only opens days after the main flower.

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At Keele: one by Harrowby Hall; compartment 33B; square K9; tag 4036.

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