Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Matsumae-beni-murasaki'
Sato-zakura Group
Selected and raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, Northern Japan in 1961 from crossing Prunus 'Edo-zakura' with a Sato-zakura.
Huge, fragrant, pink, semi-double flowers turning light pink and white. It is an upright to spreading tree with toothed, mid-green leaves, bronze in spring and turning orange and red in autumn.
Location
- Opposite Holly Cross on Keele Drive; tag 4163, square H7, planted 2011.
