Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Hiyodori-zakura'
Sato-zakura Group
[Syn: Prunus serrulata f. longipedunculata Miyoshi 1916]
The Hiyodori is a noisy thrush-like Japanese bird. The cherry is rarely seen. Name appears first in 1695.
It is a narrow vase-like tree c.4 m high. Pubescent peduncles and pedicels. Forms in the heart of its flower a second storey flower that only opens days after the main flower.
Location
- One by Lindsay T Block; square K9; tag 4036. Planted in 2008.