Object Details
- Description
- The Yoshino cherry is a hybridized Japanese flowering cherry tree which has white to slightly pink flowers. It blooms before its leaves emerge in the spring, and creates a serene display. In 1912, this was one of the cherry varieties gifted to Washington, DC by the people of Japan as a symbol of friendship. Each spring, flocks of people try to perfectly time their visit to DC to coincide with the cherry blossom bloom all around the capital. The Yoshino cherry makes up the majority of flowering cherry trees planted in the city.
- Hardiness
- -20 - 20 F
- Attracts
- Birds, butterflies
- Bloom Time
- March to April
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Accession Number
- 2011-0037A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Life Form
- Deciduous tree
- Average Height
- 30-40'
- Bark Characteristics
- Red-brown
- Bloom Characteristics
- White to pink appear in clusters of 3-6 (racemes) appear before or at the same time as the leaves.
- Fall Color
- Yellow
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, alternate, dark green leaves have double serrated margins and are elliptic to oval. 2-5" long.
- Fruit Characteristics
- Small, black drupes. .5" diameter.
- Structure
- Spreading vase
- Range
- Japan
- Habitat
- Medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- On Display
- Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden
- Common Name
- Yoshino cherry
- Potomac cherry
- Tokyo cherry
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Rosanae
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
- Species
- × yedoensis
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2011-0037A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7e3bd8ce5-73e9-407a-8968-747663feee09
