Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Ito-kukuri'
Sato-zakura Group
syn. P. serrulata f. fasciculata, P. lannesiana ‘Fasciculata’
This is an old cherry recorded in Japan from 1681 in the Edo Period. Its name means ‘bunch of threads’ (kukuri - bundle or bunch, ito - threads). The flowers are grouped as fascicles (bundles of flowers at the end of the branches) of up to 7 blossoms.
It forms an umbrella-shaped tree c.10-15 m high. Young leaves are yellowish-green to brownish. It is late flowering with 4 - 5 flowers in a corymb with deep pink buds opening to pale pink double flowers c.5 cm across.
Diploid set of chromosomes (2n = 16)
Manual of Japanese Flowering Cherries No. 82
Location
- A mature tree on the ring-road by The Covert; tag 3384, square K5, planted 1960s.
- Memorial Garden, tag 4387, square K11, planted November 2024.
