Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai'
(Fuji Cherry 'Kojo-no-mai')
Family - Rosaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Spring, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - Up to 2.5m
Width - 2m
Location - The Spring Garden
Description: A medium-sized, Deciduous Shrub (occasionally grown as a small tree) with a vase-shaped outline. The young, slender branches have a zig-zagging habit of growth. Small, mid to dark green leaves are ovate to obovate in shape and have sharply toothed margins. The leaves emerge after the flowers have been produced. Small, bowl-shaped flowers are pale blush pink in bud and creamy white when open. Each Bloom has a red Eye and a deep pinkish-red Calyx. The flowers are held singly or in pairs along the bare branches and are produced abundantly from early to mid-spring. Attractive to pollinating insects. The leaves turn attractive shades of orange-red to deep purple in autumn before falling.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Small, bowl-shaped flowers are pale pink in bud and open creamy white. Each bloom has a red eye and is subtended by a deep pinkish-red calyx. The blooms are held singly or in pairs along the bare branches and are produced in March and April before the leaves emerge.
Flower colour: Pink, white
Flower shape: Bowl-shaped flwoers held singly or in pairs
Flowering time: March, April
Foliage:
Small, mid to dark green leaves are ovate to obovate in shape and have incisely toothed (deeply serrate) margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged on the branches. The young stems are quite slender and have a zig-zagging habit. The foliage turns orange-red to deep purple in autumn before falling.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to obovate
Autumn Colour: Orange, red, purple
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in reasonably fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.