Edo Higan Cherry🌸

A deciduous tree in the rose family, a native wild cherry distributed across Honshū, Shikoku, Kyūshū, the Korean peninsula, and China. One parent of the popular Somei-Yoshino hybrid, it blooms profusely with small pale pink flowers before leaves emerge. It can grow into a giant tree over 1,000 years old — Japan's 'three great cherry trees' (Miharu-Taki-zakura in Fukushima, Neodani-Usuzumi-zakura in Gifu, and the roughly 2,000-year-old Yamataka-Jindai-zakura in Yamanashi) are all this species. The distinctive spherical to pot-shaped base of the calyx tube is a key identification feature.

Identification Points

• ✓Small pale pink flowers open before leaves
• ✓Swollen spherical to pot-shaped calyx tube (diagnostic)
• ✓Can grow over 1,000 years old

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