#71
Accession Number: 0071-0000
Common Name: Yoshino Cherry
Latin Name: Prunus × yedoensis
Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Native Range: Japan
Height: 30–40 feet
Spread: 30–40 feet
Bloom Time: March to April
Bloom Description: White, sometimes tinged pink
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5
Light Preference: Full sun to part shade
Water Needs: Medium
Notes: Works well as a shade tree, a street tree, a flowering tree; fruit is showy; attracts birds
Description: Yoshino Cherry is a beautiful, medium-sized ornamental flowering cherry tree with fragrant white to very pale pink flowers, followed by small black cherries which are inedible for humans but enjoyed by birds. Foliage turns yellow with bronze tints in fall. Tolerates heat and humidity, but not drought. Nice as a specimen plant or in groups, as in Washington D.C., where it is one of the predominant cherry trees planted.
