Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Matsumae-beni-botan'
Sato-zakura Group
Selected and raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, Northern Japan in 1961 from hybridizing P. ‘Botan’ with either P. ‘Amayadori’ or P. ‘Kechimiyaku-zakura’.
Small to medium white semi-double flowers, mid season.
Location
- One by the boundary wall opposite running track; square G4/H3; tag 4110. Planted in 2009.