| Scientific Name: | Prunus x yedoensis |
| Common Name: | Yoshino cherry |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Fall interest, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Obovate, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Pink, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Aborted (hybrids) or absent |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Common cherry blossom with open branching; leaves ovate-obovate, most blades 6-8cm long x 3-4cm wide, margins serrate (serrulate near base); petioles 3-4cm long; flowers white to light pink in early spring. Winter ID: short spur shoots with bud scale scars; buds conical, 4-5mm long, may be clustered around a terminal bud. | |