Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus x juddii
A hybrid between two Japanese flowering cherries: P. sargentii (seed parent) and P. x yedoensis (pollen parent), which has characters intermediate between its parents.
This hybrid originated in 1914 at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, USA. It was named after a sometime propagator at the arboretum Mr W.H.Judd. It was chosen for its hardiness during the very cold winters in New England. It is a fast growing upright tree with single white flowers flushed pink, and very good deep red autumn colouring.
[Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 1935, vol. 16, pp. 358-360]
Location
- One specimen; embankment between running track and houses; square G6/H6; tag 4076. Planted in 2008.