Frank P Matthews
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Prunus trees, also known as flowering cherry trees, contain a wonderfully diverse range of deciduous and evergreen trees for the garden. Beautiful white or pink flowers ranging from winter to mid-summer. Some cherry blossom tree varieties have a spectacular display of autumn colours.
These ornamental cherry trees are easy to grow on almost any well-drained soil but prefer chalk to acid. Prunus trees can be thinned out of some of the branches after flowering to encourage replacement growth. Our wide selection of cherry blossom trees for sale offers small, medium, and large varieties with various habits, so we have one to suit every garden!
You may quite often see prunus trees planted in public spaces, like parks or avenues. They are long-lived, robust and have a real presence when mature. The bees love the flowers!
There are over 400 species of cherry blossoms within this genera and we list a selection of the most diverse and suitable for gardens including Japanese flowering cherries. Japanese cherry blossom trees are a distinctive group of varieties separate from those mentioned already due to their country of origin, their age stretching as far back as 1000 years. In Japan, they are known as Sato-zakura meaning ‘village-cherries’.
Flowering Cherry
Spreading habit, pendulous, semi-double light pink flowers during April. Height after 10 years 4m x 3m.
Flagpole Cherry
An erect, column like habit with semi-double light pink fragrant flowers in April. Height after 10yrs 4m x 2m.
Flowering Cherries & Plums
Small deep pink blossoms resemble a powder puff. Leaves emerge bronze, maturing to dark green in summer.
Japanese Flowering Cherry
Upright tree with flowers densely double purplish pink in late April. Distinctive attractive central eye.
Spreading habit. Large semi-double flowers, pink tinted in bud opening to pure white, hanging in clusters.
Large, double, deep pink flowers with fringed petals ageing to texture of crushed velvet. Medium vigour.
Dark brown emerging leaves, contrasting large pure white flowers. Introduced from Japan.
A small tree resembling Kursar. Deep pink flowers appearing in March. Very good autumn colour.
A small tree with strong ascending branches. Deep lilac pink flowers in loose drooping clusters in mid-late April.
Vigorous grower with a strong ascending habit. Clusters of large, white, semi-double, fragrant flowers.
Fuji Cherry
A weeping tree with profuse spring flowering, attractive variegated leaves and striking multi-toned autumn tints.
A majestic tree. Large double white fragrant flowers, copper coloured leaves. Height after 10yrs 4m x 5m.