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Beni-yutaka

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Prunus Beni-yutaka blossom
Beni-yutaka has received the RHS Award of Garden Merit

Beni-yutaka is a Japanese flowering cherry with solid pink blossom. The flowers are semi-double, with a pronounced central eye, and are distinctly fragrant on sunny spring mornings.

In autumn the leaves take on fiery red hues.

Beni-yutaka flowering cherry for sale

  • 1-year bare-root tree on Semi-vigorous rootstock£46.50
    Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
    Available next season

Growing and Training

Beni-yutaka is a reliable modern variety and easy to grow.


History

Beni-yutaka is one of a great number of flowering cherries developed by cherry enthusiast Masatoshi Asari in Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan - known collectively as Matsumae cherries. It was released in the 1960s.


Beni-yutaka characteristics

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • PruningLight prune
  • Country of originJapan
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999

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