Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Matsumae-beni-botan'
Sato-zakura Group
Selected and raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, Northern Japan in 1961 from hybridizing P. ‘Botan’ with either P. ‘Amayadori’ or P. ‘Kechimiyaku-zakura’.
Small to medium white semi-double flowers, mid season.
Location
- By the boundary wall and tennis court; tag 4110, square G4/H3, planted 2009.