Prunus serrula - Tibetan Cherry Tree Japanese Gardens

Prunus serrula - Tibetan Cherry Tree Japanese GardensThe Tibetan Cherry is grown for its bark, not the flowers, which takes a few years to start showing, but is so worth the wait. Looking like copper peeling in long semi transparent strips. When the sun is behind the tree, it is spectacular! Small flowers appear in spring, but are not ornamental. The tree is unassuming until you see the bark.

Hardy to -10 deg

tall and 3-4 ft wide

Growing to 5 ft tall

A mounding/spreading form of Korean Fir

Vermont along the

however also very tender

The pink flowers have some fragrance and look very nice against the lush foliage

draping gracefully about the trunk

this lovely evergreen dense shrub has aromatic

while the inside collar around the stamens has unique shapes with the same picotee coloration

One plant will expand to be 18-24 inches wide

The plant is reported to grow up to 8 ft