Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at

Keele University

Prunus 'Matsumae-beni-kosode'

Sato-zakura Group

Prunus 'Matsumae-beni-kosode'

Selected and raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, Northern Japan by hybridising Prunus. ‘Itsukayama’ with Prunus ‘Kechimiyaku-zakura’.

Blush pink medium-sized single to semi-double flowers, early season. Young foliage is bronzy-green coloured.

Location

  • One by Church Plantation flats; square H7; tag 4169. Planted in 2011.