An award-winning ancient Japanese Tree, Prunus ‘Tai-Haku’ is a medium sized deciduous tree of broad spreading habit. Its blossoms starts as a pink bud then matures into remarkably large, single pure white flowers held in profuse clusters. The flowers emerge at the same time as the deep bronze-red leaves, creating a perfect foil to the glowing blossoms.
– Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society
– An ancient Japanese tree that is known for its remarkably large, single, pure white flowers
– The flowers emerge at the same time as its deep bronze-red leaves that turns mid-green as the season progresses, before warming up to orange and gold in fall
– Performs best in full sun in moist, relatively fertile, well-drained soils
Tai-Haku’ means ‘Big White’ in Japanese, hence its common name of ‘Great White Cherry’. Extinct in Japan, it has been revived from a single specimen found in Sussex garden.
