Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Matsumae-yae-kotobuki'
Sato-zakura Group
Selected and raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido , Northern Japan in 1963 by hybridizing P. ‘Ito-kukuri’ with P. ‘Kechimiyaku-zakura’.
A very floriferous cherry with blush-white medium to large-sized semi-double flowers, mid-season. Young foliage is bronze-coloured.
Location
- One by Lindsay T Block; square K9; tag 4035. Planted in 2008
- One in the Memorial Garden; square K11; tag 4209. Planted in 2012.