About the Yoshino
Flowering Cherry :
The Yoshino Cherry tree, Prunus
X Yedoensis, has white or pink clusters of
beautiful flowers that have a scent of almond.
The flowers appear before the leaves. Total
bloom time usually 10-14 days. These ornamental
cherries are bred for flowers and fragrance
instead of fruit. The lavish blooms of soft pink
semi-double fragrant flowers cover the
rounded-spreading crown of this cherry.
These deciduous trees have
glossy, dark green leaves which turn yellow in
fall. Yoshino Cherry trees prefers full sun and
well-drained soils. It is excellent as a border
or mass plantings in an open area or as specimen
tree. They are exceptionally showy with
evergreens in background. It is the main cherry
tree in the Washington tidal basin, common on US
Capitol grounds and around the Library of
Congress.
