Scientific Name:
Prunus
'Kanzan' ( syn.
P.
'Kwanzan' )
Pronunciation:
PROO-nus
Common Name:
flowering cherry, Kwanzan cherry, Kanzan cherry
Family Name:
Rosaceae
Plant Type:
Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, most blades ovate, 10-16cm long x 4-7cm wide, margins serrate with long tips, petioles 1.5-3.5cm long, reddish with 2-4 wart-like glands near the leaf base, stipules incised, ~2cm long; cymes with 2-5 florets, each 2-3cm wide and with 20-30 petals, pedicels 2-5cm long. Winter ID: deciduous tree with a wide spreading crown and branches come off stem at 45 degree angle; bark with very prominent creamy-orange, horizontal lenticels; buds pointed, conical, 8-11mm long, glabrous, brown; leaf scars mostly half-round to triangular with 3 bundle scars (centre one larger).
Habit:
Spreading, Upright
Form:
Round, Vase
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
7 - 10m
Mature Spread:
7 - 10m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Garden origin (derived from P. serrulata)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Attract beneficial insects, Specimen plant, Spring interest
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Lustrous
Colour in Fall:
Orange, Red, Bronze
Shapes:
Lanceolate, Ovate
Apices:
Acuminate
Bases:
Cuneate, Obtuse
Margins:
Serrate
Additional Info:
Spectacular fall colour
Inflorescence Type:
Cyme, Floriferous
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
11+
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Inferior
Colour (petals):
Showy, Pink
Flower Scent:
Sweet
Flower Time at Peak:
Apr, May
Fruit Type:
Aborted (hybrids) or absent
Fruit Colour:
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Fruit insignificant, Sterile (no drupes formed)
Bark Morphology:
Showy, Smooth, Prominent lenticels, Single stem trunk
Bark or Stem Colour:
Grey, Red, Brown
Leaf Bud Type:
Conical (long-pointed)
Leaf Scar Shape:
Half-round
Organ Modifications:
Stipule, leafy
Propagation:
Greenwood cuttings, Grafting
Maintenance:
Medium
Pest Susceptibility:
Beetles or weevils, Blight or needle cast, Caterpillar or cutworm, Dieback, Galls, Mildew, Mites, Nematodes, Root rot, Scale insects, Stem borer insects, Virus
Specific Pests:
Course(s):
- AARB 1012
- HORT 1155
- Level 3 Apprenticeship
Location(s):
- (TFL) Turf Field Lab
- (TFLE) Turf Field Lab East
- (WDH) Wark-Dumais House : 190
- (WLG) WoodLand Garden