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Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud ornamental cherry trees

Prunus
Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud has received the RHS Award of Garden Merit
  • Flowering month: May
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Awards: RHS AGM (current) 2012

Shizuka, or Fragrant Cloud, is a Japanese blossom tree which bears large clusters of bright white semi-double flowers.

Unusually for a flowering cherry the flowers have an enchanting fragrance.

In late autumn the leaves develop golden orange colours.

Shizuka grows quickly into a fairly large and impressive tree, with an upright spreading habit.

 

Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud ornamental cherry trees for sale

Pot-grown

All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.

  • PG12-year 12L pot-grown tree Semi-vigorous rootstock £71.50
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)

Bare-root

  • BR11-year bare-root tree Semi-vigorous rootstock £46.50
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
    Out of stock
    Please try next season
  • BR22-year bare-root tree Semi-vigorous rootstock £56.50
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)

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Next deliveries

Order now for delivery from week commencing 13th January.

Delivery charges

Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.

History

Prunus Shizuka is one of the Matsumae collection of Japanese flowering cherries, developed in the 1960s by Masatoshi Asari. It is also known as Matsumae-Shizuka, and sometimes as Prunus 'Fragrant Cloud' (which is an approximate translation of the Japanese word shizuka).


Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillAverage

Identification

  • Country of originJapan
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Flowering monthMay
  • Blossom colourWhite
  • AwardsRHS AGM (current)

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