Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Matsumae-tama-gaki'
Sato-zakura Group
Selected and raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, northern Japan in 1966 by hybridizing P.’Itsukayama’ and P. ‘Kokonoe’.
A wide, spreading tree which is very floriferous. Young foliage is green. Smallish white single flowers whose petal tips are fringed.
Location
- Corner of Sports Field; tag 4118, square J2, planted 2009.
