Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Matsumae-usu-yuki'
Sato-zakura Group
Selected and raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, northern Japan in 1970 from crossing Prunus ‘Kokonoe’ with Prunus ’Izakayama’.
Pale pink, medium to large-sized semi-double flowers, mid-season. Young foliage is bronze-coloured.
Location
- By boundary wall near old university entrance on Barnes Hall Road; tag 4120, square N2, planted 2009.
