Okame Flowering Cherry(Prunus Okame)

- Deciduous tree, small, to 20-30 ft ( m) tall, open habit. Leaves alternate, simple, about 7 cm long by 4 cm wide, margins serrated, glossy green;
bronze-orange to red in fall. Flowers appear early, long before the leaves, they are small but profuse, in 2-3 per stalked clusters, petals fuchsia-pink,
calyx rose-red. Apparently does not commonly set fruit.
- Sun.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 6 Developed by C. Ingram in Benenden, England in about 1930, named in 1947. A cross of P. campanula × P. incisa.
Information obtained from: OSU http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/