February 12, 2008

Flowering Cherry

Every year I look forward to my Taiwan Cherry putting on a show and brightening the landscape. I have had this tree in the ground for about five years and it really attracts a lot of attention.

Taiwan Cherry (Prunus campanulata) is the best pink flowering cherry for north Florida. Native
to southern China, Taiwan Cherry grows as a slender tree up to 25 feet tall. It produces bright pink flowers in late winter. Flowers can be showy for three weeks if freezes don't damage them.



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

that is such a gorgeous flowering cherry tree.

sbackl said...

I adore cherry trees I have two in the garden, last year I had new turf for the lawn and it took well this spring the whole lawn was covered with cherry blossoms and it looked magical.

CaptivaCourse said...

We have a Taiwan Cherry outside the kitchen window that has been blooming for three weeks, it is about 25 feet tall and decades old - I have never seen it bloom this early. Tallahassee FL jcj