Kiku-shidare-zakura flowering cherry
Prunus 'Kiku-shidare-zakura flowering'
RHS AM | RHS AGM (former)
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Habit
- Weeping
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Fall color
- Multiple tints
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Kiku-shidare-zakura flowering' cherry (Prunus 'Kiku-shidare-zakura flowering') is a tree for use as a specimen. 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. Its weeping branches carry blooms from early to late spring. The leaves turn multiple tints in fall.
Pairs well with Bridal wreath spiraea, Autumn fern, and Karl Foerster feather reed grass.