Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at

Keele University

Prunus 'Matsumae-hana-guruma'

Sato-zakura Group

Prunus 'Matsumae-hana-guruma'

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.