Flowering Cherry Prunus Okame 6 need protection from weather extremes

need protection from weather extremes

Vertrees began in 1978 with the first addition Peter Gregory continues with excellence

Large deeply divided leaves hang from pendulous branches with movement in the wind

The name means 'Eagle's Claw' referring to the curved

Flowering Cherry Prunus Okame 6 need protection from weather extremesPrunus Okame flowering cherry predictably tantalizes you for two to three weeks in spring with it's early rosy red buds followed by carmine pink petals, rose red calyx and reddish flower stalks, fully opening before leaf break. The summer leaves are dark green and the which are accented with small cherry fruit. The dark red orange fall display is followed by an attractive winter showing of shiny reddish brown barked branches after the leaves have