Elegant in all seasons, Prunus x subhirtella Autumnalis Rosea is a graceful ornamental tree with an upright-spreading to rounded habit. A perfect specimen tree for the winter garden, and particularly well suited to our mild winters, it produces its delicate, pale pink, semi-double flowers from rose-pink buds in mild spells from November until March. The flowers are held in small clusters, gradually fading from pink to white, and at all stages beautiful against a clear blue winter sky.
– A pink-flowered small bushy flowering cherry tree, with light pink semi-double blossoms
– Blossom appear in autumn, and in a mild winter the tree may be dotted with blossoms from December to March, a heartening site in the depths of winter
– Has exceptionally long flowering period, at a time when not much else is in bloom
– Performs best in full sun in moist, relatively fertile, well-drained soils
Prunus subhirtella (Prunus × subhirtella), the winter-flowering cherry is a small deciduous flowering tree originating in Japan, but unknown in the wild. It is probably of hybrid origin between Prunus incisa and Prunus spachiana.
