Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Matsumae-beni-higoromo'
Sato-zakura Group
Raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in 1961 by hybridizing Prunus nipponica with a Prunus serrulata cultivar. A beautiful cultivar with red buds and red just before the flowers open. The Japanese name is literally ‘Matsumae-Red-Scarlet-Robe’. It was grown at the Matsumae Cherry Tree Collection in Hokkaido.
Location
- Below Firs Hill; tag 4182, square M10, planted 2011.
- By Media building on the ring road; tag 4161, square J7, planted 2011.
