Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Hanagasa'
Sato-zakura Group
[Syn: Prunus lannesiana Wilson cv. Hanagasa]
It is a new introduction to the UK in 2000, sold under the trade name of "Pink Parasol".
It was raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, Northern Japan by hybridizing P. ‘Fukurokuju’ with a Sato-zakura. It was originally listed as 'Matsumae hanagasa'.
A small to medium sized tree to 5m. The branches become pendulous with age. The flowers are large double, pale to mid-pink with a green centre on long stems. The leaves start off a coppery colour before turning green and then yellowish in autumn.
Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit 2012.
Manual of Japanese Flowering Cherries No. 87
Location
- One by Church Plantation flats; tag 4246. Planted 2012.