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| Keywords: Trees and shrubs for English gardens (Page 400) (5609881161).jpg 400 <br> TREES AND SHRUBS <br> NAME <br> Prunus pendula <br> Cerasus pendula <br> rosea <br> P serrulata Cerasus <br> serrulata <br> P Mahaleb <br> COUNTRY OR COLOUR <br> ORIGIN AND AND <br> NATURAL ORDER SEASON <br> Japan I Deep pink ; <br> April and <br> May <br> Introduced from <br> China about 80 <br> years ago Also <br> a native of <br> Japan <br> Europe <br> GENERAL REMARKS <br> The flowers <br> are in large <br> loose heads I <br> and are <br> white or j <br> white <br> suffused <br> more or less ; <br> deeply will <br> rose and <br> i inch to <br> i inch <br> across <br> End of <br> April <br> White ; <br> April and <br> May <br> in March It is a tree that <br> could be raised from layers <br> Mr Bean writing in the <br> Garden of April 13 1901 <br> says ' ' Prunus pendula is <br> as naturally pendulous in <br> growth as the Babylonian <br> Willow is and it should if <br> possible be obtained on its <br> own roots It is an early <br> flowering kind probably the <br> earliest of the Cherries <br> being in bloom as a rule <br> soon after April comes in <br> The flowers are of a lovely <br> shade of delicate rose but <br> are not large They are <br> however freely borne especi- <br> ally after a hot ripening <br> Summer and Autumn In <br> the United States it succeeds <br> even better than here and <br> by some authorities is re- <br> garded as the loveliest of <br> Japanese trees introduced to <br> that country So much can- <br> not be said of it in Britain <br> but it is well worth cultivation <br> for its beauty and earliness <br> This is one of the most orna- <br> mental of the Cherries It is <br> naturally a small tree with a <br> rather loose habit and is pe- <br> culiar by reason of its short- <br> jointed stunted-looking bran- <br> ches The leaves are fairly <br> large and very evenlyserrated <br> For lawns or shrubberies it is <br> excellent making a good <br> companion plant to its own <br> countryman the large-flow- <br> ered pseudo-Cerasus and its <br> European cousins Cerasus <br> and Avium In addition to <br> being an excellent outdoor <br> tree it may be cultivated in <br> pots for forcing for the conser- <br> vatory in Winter and Spring <br> The Mahaleb is well known <br> for its remarkable profusion <br> of pure white blossom and <br> its free graceful habit In <br> the variety pendula the <br> pendent character of the <br> branches is not unduly <br> marked but is sufficient to <br> add greatly to the beauty of <br> the tree It is not only one <br> of the best of Cherries but <br> of all flowering trees and is <br> as well adapted for planting 20704965 67635 25807 Page 400 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/20704965 1902 10 5962/bhl title 25807 Cook E T NameFound Cerasus NameConfirmed Cerasus EOLID 31410 NameBankID 3462586 NameFound Cerasus pendula rosea NameConfirmed Cerasus pendula Sweet EOLID 5584960 NameFound Cerasus serrulata NameConfirmed Cerasus serrulata Lindley Loudon EOLID 10452565 NameFound Prunus pendula NameConfirmed Prunus pendula EOLID 635399 NameBankID 5851107 NameFound Prunus serrulata NameConfirmed Prunus serrulata EOLID 632451 NameBankID 2670255 Biodiversity Heritage Library TWITTER POSTS Encyclopedia of Life Images SpeciesOfTheDay serrulata taxonomy binomial Prunus serrulata speciesoftheday taxonomy binomial prunus serrulata Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-04-11 PD-old-70-1923 Trees shrubs for English gardens Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Files from the Biodiversity Heritage Library released as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike | ||||
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