Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Hokusai'
Sato-zakura Group
A medium tree to 5m, upright and vase-shaped when young but spreading with age.
The flowers are large, semi-double, pale pink and highly scented. The young foliage is bronze-coloured, turning green over summer and yellow in the autumn.
It is an old cultivar introduced by Collingwood Ingram and named after a well-known Japanese artist.
RHS Award of Garden Merit 2012.
Location
- By 50/60 The Covert; tag 4044, square I8, planted 2008
- Memorial Garden; tag 4205, square K11, planted 2012.
