| General Description | An elegant delicate blossoming tree that dangles down in large clusters of flowers that grow to 5 cm. The flowers open as a pink colour and fade into a white colour as the season continues. It is a small slow-growing tree that develops to 5 m in length. |
| ID Characteristic | Elegant vase-shaped tree with pink clustering of flowers that turn to white. Leaves turn from pale bronze green to a darker green and then to an orange and red in the autumn. Tree grows to 5 m in height and width within 10 years. |
| Shape | Rounded, wide spreading, and horizontal form tree growing to 5 m in height and 5 m in width with maturity |
| Landscape | Prunus shimidsu 'Sakura' is a lateral spaced tree where it can be in full sun to part sun in a well drained fertile soil. very resilient to many site conditions i.e., flower beds, streets and patios. Flowers are the best in full sun. Tree can be pruned to boost new growth |
| Propagation | This can be propagated by soft cuttings, needs to be pruned in the middle of summer because of the diseases like silver leaf. |
| Cultivation | This tree requires full to part sun in a fertile soil that is moist but well drained. Soil must be clay, chalk or sand with a soil pH of natural, alkaline and acid. This can be tolerant in many site conditions and great for street trees and lawn species. It can also tolerate animals, pollution, heat and humidity |
| Pests | This tree has many pests to worry about such as caterpillars, leaf mining moths, and bullfinches. Diseases that spread are silver leaf, bacterial canker and blossom wilt which occur very often and spread quickly. |
| Notable Specimens | The Prunus shimidsu 'Sakura' can be located in Canada at the Royal Botanical Garden in Hamilton Ontario. |
| Habitat | This tree grows natural in China, Japan and Korea. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Smooth and shiny red brown bark with spreading open branches. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Light pink buds that open in mid to late spring to white flowers. |
| Leaf Description | Leaves are first a pale bronze green that mature to a darker green and then in the fall, they turn orange and red. |
| Flower Description | double pink flower that ages to white. |
| Colour Description | Foliage mid green in the summer and turn red and orange in the winter. Flowers grow pink and bloom into a white as the season goes on. |
| Texture Description | Fine. |