YOSHINO CHERRY

Native: Japan

Family: rosaceae

The Rose Family

In 1912, Japan gifted 3,020 Yoshino cherry trees to the United States, which were planted around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., as a symbol of friendship.

ARNOLD ARBORETUM: Documented to be the oldest Yoshino Cherry in the US. This institution received a Yoshino cherry seedling in 1902, predating the Washington D.C. trees.

The Yoshino cherry is believed to be a hybrid of two other cherry species: Oshima Cherry and Edo Higan.

Leaves become ablaze with peachy orange and cherry red highlights in the Fall.

Leaves are green with a stain gloss and alternating arrangement on the stem.

Many times we are asked if Yoshino Cherry Trees bear fruit? Well Yes, but not the kind of cherries you’d buy in the supermarket. They’re much smaller, and mostly pit without much flesh.