Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at

Keele University

Prunus 'Matsumae-beni-botan'

Sato-zakura Group

Prunus 'Matsumae-beni-botan'

Prunus 'Matsumae-beni-botan'

Selected and raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, Northern Japan in 1961 from hybridizing P. ‘Botan’ with either P. ‘Amayadori’ or P. ‘Kechimiyaku-zakura’.

Small to medium white semi-double flowers, mid season.

Location

  • One by the boundary wall opposite running track; square G4/H3; tag 4110. Planted in 2009.