Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Beni-tamanishiki'
Sato-zakura Group
Trade Name - Spring Snow. Selected by Masatoshi Asari in Hokkaido, Northern Japan in 1963 from seedlings of a hybrid between double-flowered P. verecunda and a P. lannesiana cultivar. It was introduced to the UK in 2000. The name in Japanese means red ball-brocade, an allusion to its red ball-like buds and flowers. Medium-sized double flowers, white with a faint pink flush. Late flowering. Eventually forms a spreading tree up to 2.5m.
Manual of Japanese Flowering Cherries No. 73; Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit 2012.
Location
- One opposite Holly Cross; square H7; Tag 4162. Planted in 2011.