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Featured Plant

March

Prunus × yedoensis

Profile:

Scientific name: Prunus × yedoensis

Family: Rosaceae

Plant type: Deciduous tree

Bloom: White to light pink, fragrant

Environment: Full sun to part shade with moist but well-drained soil

Uses: Specimen plant

Location:

Temperate Asia – 19B

About

Prunus × yedoensis Matsum., or Yoshino cherry, is a hybrid cherry blossom tree from Japan. P. × yedoensis puts on a brilliant display of small white to pink fragrant flowers before it leafs out in the Spring.