Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud flowering cherry
Prunus 'Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud flowering'
RHS AGM (current)
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Habit
- Upright-spreading / vase
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- White
- Fall color
- Orange / gold
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud flowering' cherry (Prunus 'Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud 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. It grows fast with an upright-spreading, vase-shaped habit. White flowers open from early to late spring. The leaves turn orange and gold in fall.
Pairs well with Virginia sweetspire, Karl Foerster feather reed grass, and Autumn fern.