Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Aratama'
Sato-zakura Group
[Syn: Prunus lannesiana Wilson cv. Aratama]
Raised/selected by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, Northern Japan in1967 from a hybrid between P. ‘Botan’ and a Sato-zakura - (possibly a Matsumae cherry?)
An umbrella-shaped tree, large, to 5 10 m high with double flowers, 26 to 31 petals, in clusters of 2 - 6 cm dia., white-fringed with pale pink, opening flat with prominent phylloid pistils. 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.
Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit 2012.
Manual of Japanese Flowering Cherries No. 67
Location
- One by the boundary wall near tennis courts; tag 4103, planted 2009, square H3.
