Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Beni-yutaka'
Sato-zakura Group
Mr Masatosi Asari selected in 1961 a cherry with deep red double flowers from seedlings of a hybrid between a double-flowered cherry and Prunus 'Matsumae-ryuun-in-beni-yae'. Introduced to the UK in 1995.
Medium-size, vase-shaped tree to 5m bearing huge clusters of highly fragrant, large, white semi-double pink flowers with a darker centre; late spring - early summer. Foliage turns orange and crimson in the autumn.
Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit 2012.
Location
- On University Drive by the Nursery (illustrated); tag 4153, planted 2002, square N5.
- By boundary wall and tennis courts; tag 4104, planted 2009, square I3.
- Cherry Tree Walk; tag 4412, planted 2025, square L7.
- Cherry Tree Walk; tag 4414, planted 2025, square M7.
