Hokusai flowering cherry
Prunus 'Hokusai flowering'
RHS AGM (current)
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Habit
- Upright-spreading / vase
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Pink - light
- Fall color
- Multiple tints
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Hokusai flowering' cherry (Prunus 'Hokusai flowering') is a tree for specimen use. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Light pink flowers open from early to late spring. The branches grow in an upright-spreading, vase shape, and the leaves turn multiple tints in fall.
Pairs well with Autumn fern, Karl Foerster feather reed grass, and Gladiolus.