Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Matsumae-sarasa'
Sato-zakura Group
Selected and raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, northern Japan in 1970 from hybridizing P. ‘Minakama’ with P. ‘Kechimiyaku-zakura’.
Pale-pink double flowers opening white and flat from purplish pink buds.
Another very beautiful, but very slow growing cherry that will not be commercially viable.
Location
- By boundary wall near old university entrance on Barnes Hall Road; tag 4124, planted 2009, square N2.
