Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Matsumae-hana-guruma'
Sato-zakura Group
Raised/selected by Masatoshi Asari in Hokkaido, Northern Japan. Medium-sized, single pink flowers, whitish with a purple eye, flowering early. With time forms a vigorous, large, spreading tree.
Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 2012.
Location
- Opposite Holly Cross on Keele Drive; tag 4165, planted 2011, square H7.