Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Matsumae-tama-gaki'
Sato-zakura Group
Selected and raised by Mr Masatoshi Asari in Matsumae at the southern tip of Hokkaido, Northern Japan in 1966 by hybridizing P.’Itsukayama’ and P. ‘Kokonoe’.
A wide spreading tree which is very floriferous. Young foliage is green. Smallish white single flowers whose petal tips are fringed.
Location
- One in corner of Sports Field; square J2; tag 4118. Planted in 2009.