Yoshino Cherry Tree

The Yoshino Cherry delivers a profuse and spectacular early spring display that few flowering trees can match—thousands of fragrant white to pale pink flowers emerge along bare branches in clouds of delicate blooms, creating what many consider the most breathtaking moment in the ornamental tree calendar. The almond-scented flowers appear in 3 to 6-flowered clusters before or simultaneous to the emergence of foliage, typically blooming for 2 to 3 weeks in late March to early April. This graceful tree typically grows 30 to 40 feet tall with a spreading, broad-rounded, open crown that provides elegant horizontal branching—ideal for planting along walks, over patios, or as a specimen tree. Dark green serrate leaves emerge as flowers fade, turning yellow with bronze tints in fall. Small black cherries follow the flowers, bitter to humans but loved by birds. The smooth bark marked with prominent horizontal lenticels adds winter interest. The Yoshino Cherry holds a distinguished place in Amer