Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at

Keele University

Prunus 'Beatrice'

 Prunus 'Beatrice'

Prunus 'Beatrice'

A seedling of P. nipponica v. kurilensis, possibly crossed with P. ‘Pandora’, selected by Benoit Choteau at Pépinières Choteau, Bray in Southern Belgium and named for his wife.

An early flowering cultivar with medium-sized single to semi-double pink flowers fading to white with dark crimson sepals. Flowers appear before the leaves. It forms an upright vase-shaped tree.

Location

  • One by the ring-road by Keele Hall; square N9; tag 4280. Planted 2012.