An 'Okame' cherry tree blooms in full force in April. * Common name: Flowering cherry 'Okame' * Botanical name: Prunus x incam 'Okame' * What it is: One of the earliest cherry trees to flower ...

It’s cherry blossom time and there is no happier way to welcome spring than by attending a cherry blossom festival, whether it be the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C., or the ...

Developed in the 1940s from two species of Prunus, ... Flowers of the Okame cherry tree feature carmine-pink petals that flutter on the slightest ... which blooms in both spring and autumn; ...

Okame cherry (Prunus x incamp 'Okame' PROO-nus in-KAMP oh-KA-may) is a beautiful small flowering tree that is the result of the outstanding breeding work done by the late Dr. Donald Egolf of the ...

‘Okame’ cherry has a distinctive vase shape as it grows 20 to 30 feet tall. Its bright pink flowers and shiny red bark are a pleasing combination. Its leaves turn bold orange-red in autumn.

If you decide to plant a cherry tree this spring, you need to commit to regular watering over the coming summer. Perhaps best to peruse the catalogues - and better still to visit an arboretum, or ...

Prunus 'Okame' is a cross between incisa and campanulata, which was made by Captain Collingwood Ingram . He was always known as 'Cherry' Ingram because he did so much work on hybridising the trees.

Spring blossom. Prunus cerasus, acid or sour cherry trees are much smaller than sweet cherry trees as they are grafted on to a less vigorous rootstock, reaching 3m height x 3.5m spread.

STEPHEN RYAN: This is another one of my 'winter wonder' plants. This is Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis' the so called Autumn Cherry. Now most cherries are one week wonders. As soon as they come ...

Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata) is a small, wide-spreading tree that grows about 25 feet tall and wide. It has pink or white flowers that are single or double in midspring. In fall ...