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Prunus 'Okame'

 
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Prunus 'Okame' - Okame flowering cherry
Image: Payton, Gregory - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Okame flowering cherry
Family: Rosaceae (rose family)
Distribution: hybrid: selection of Prunus campanulata × P. incisa
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: An outstanding hybrid flowering cherry growing 25' high and wide. Flower buds are deep maroon opening late March/early April and last a week or more. Petals are carmine-pink, persistent calyx rose-red and the flower stalks are red. And as if this were not enough, fall color is bronze to orange-red. A winner of the Styer Award from Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant in full sun to light shade in moist but well-drained, rich soil.
Links: Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder • RHS Horticultural Database

Locations

  • 1: ADG: AQ16 (AQ16) • Accession: D1993-0383.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: FLS: CB21 (CB21) • Accession: D1993-0383.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: JPG: AY21 (AY21) • Accession: D2020-0266.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 4: JPG: AY21 (AY21) • Accession: D2020-0266.008 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: JPG: AY21 (AY21) • Accession: D2020-0266.009 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 6: JPG: AY23 (AY23) • Accession: D2020-0266.016 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 7: JPG: AY23 (AY23) • Accession: D2020-0266.019 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 8: JPG: AY24 (AY24) • Accession: D2020-0266.017 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 9: JPG: AY24 (AY24) • Accession: D2020-0266.018 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 10: JPG: AY24 (AY24) • Accession: D2020-0266.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 11: JPG: AZ27 (AZ27) • Accession: D2024-0201.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 12: SEC: AV21 (AV21) • Accession: D2020-0266.007 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 13: SEC: AV21 (AV21) • Accession: D2020-0266.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 14: SEC: AV21 (AV21) • Accession: D2020-0266.013 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 15: SEC: AX22 (AX22) • Accession: D2020-0266.011 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 16: SEC: AX22 (AX22) • Accession: D2020-0266.005 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 17: VVW: AY19 (AY19) • Accession: D2020-0266.014 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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