The blooms of the Okame flowering cherry are very showy, with fragrant fluffy, carmine-pink flowers made up of petals up to one inch wide that bloom in clusters of two to five. In the fall, the leaves of this amazing tree turn yellow, orange, and red.
– Ornamental trees with very showy, with fluffy, carmine-pink flowers made up of petals up to one inch wide that bloom in clusters of two to five
– In the fall, the leaves of this amazing tree turn yellow, orange, and red
– Before reaching maturity, it grows in a vase-shaped structure, before rounding out as it grows older.
– Pollinators of all kinds flock to this flowering cherry, with blossoms lasting up to three weeks in the spring
Originally from China and Japan, bred in England. This tree was originally bred in England from a cross of Prunus incisa and Prunus campanulata. The breeder, Captain Collingwood Ingram, was trying to create a tree with bright pink flowers, but without the low cold tolerance of the parent plants. I think it’s safe to say that he succeeded!
