Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at

Keele University

Prunus 'Eva'

Prunus 'Eva'

Selected and grown by M. André Charlier at the Arboretum Rond Chêne in E. Belgium.

This recent Belgian-bred cherry is named after the heroine of Richard Wagner’s opera ‘Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg’. Reputedly a good grower which has not yet flowered in the UK (Lane 2019).

Location

  • One in the Memorial Garden, square K11, tag 4351. Planted in 2023.