Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis'

Sunset

Zones 2-7, 14-20, 32-41

Full

Moderate

Autumn flowering cherry
Rosaceae
Deciduous, Trees, Flowers

PRUNUS

This rich genus includes everything from English laurel to flowering apricots, cherries, peaches, and plums. (For edible varieties, see individual listings for apricot, cherry, peach, plum, and plum hybridss.)

Ornamental species and forms can be divided into two categories: evergreen and deciduous. Evergreen types are used chiefly as hedges, screens, shade trees, street trees. Deciduous flowering trees and shrubs, closely related to the fruit trees mentioned above, are valued for their winter or spring floral display as well as for attractive shape and for foliage form, texture, and sometimes even fall color. Many of these deciduous kinds offer a bonus of edible fruit.

Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis'

A Japanese hybrid, this produces double white or pinkish white flowers in fall, spring, and sporadically during mild spells in between. The tree itself grows 25 to 30 ft. high and wide, is loose-branching, and a bit bushy with flattened crown. Intolerant of smog.