Prunus subhirtella

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Prunus subhirtella, Miq. (P. Miqueliana, Maxim. P. Herincquiana var. ascendens, Schneid.). Plant a large shrub or small forking tree, with erect branches: lvs. shorter and relatively broader than in var. pendula (blade about 2 in. long except on terminal shoots), oval or ovate, abruptly narrowed above and below, sharply and more or less doubly serrate, more hairy beneath and sometimes thinly short-hairy above, the glands small or wanting: fls. 1 in. across. Much cult, in Japan, but unknown wild; less known in this country than var. pendula, but perhaps more beautiful. B.M. 7508. G.C. III. 33:163; 53:285. Gn. 63, p. 177. G. 25:147; 31:283.—This is the spring cherry of Japan and said by Wilson to be "the most floriferous and perhaps the most delightful of all Japanese cherries." Appears to have been intro. into N. Amer, first in 1894 by the Arnold Arboretum. The fls. normally appear in advance of the lvs., varying in color from nearly white to pink; calyx reddish. Sometimes a few fls. appear in autumn. Wilson writes that in its typical form this species may be separated from its varieties in herbarium material by its usually smaller and more glabrous lvs. and by its very numerous fls. which have less hairy and more highly colored calyx-tube and sepals. In living trees, the species is marked by its small size and ascending branches. Var. pendula, Tanaka (Cerasus pendula, Sieb. C. itosakura, Sieb. Prunus itosakura, Sieb. P. pendula, Maxim. C.joponica and var. rosea, Hort.). Rose- Bud Cherry. Japanese Weeping Rose-flowered Cherry. Fig. 3242. Small tree, with drooping crooked branches: lvs. lance-elliptic to oblong-oval or oval on older shoots (blade 3-4in.long), acuminate, mostly narrowed at base, sharp-serrate, usually with a pair of large glands at base of blade or on apex of petiole, glabrous above, thinly hairy on rib and veins underneath: fls. 3/4in. across, on long minutely pubescent stalks, in small clusters, from lateral buds before the lvs. appear, rose-pink, the petals notched at the tip, the calyx-tube funnelform and red; style hairy: fr. very small, globular, black-red, somewhat astringent. Japan. B.M. 8034. R.H. 1876, p. 328. Gn. 50:454. F.M. 1871:536. G. 30:177. G.F. 1:198.; 2:487 (old tree). Gng. 2:269. M.D.G. 1890:320, 321.—One of the handsomest of early-flowering trees, producing its chaste pink fls. in profusion. Hardy in Cent. N. Y. Seedlings sometimes have more erect and spreading branches. Should be grown from seeds or worked on the upright forms of the species, according to Wilson, for it does not thrive on the European cherry stocks. Var. ascendens, Wilson (P. pendula var. ascendens, Makino. P. itosakra var. ascendens, Koidz. P. Herincquiana, Koehne. P. microlepis, Koehne). Regarded by Wilson as the prototype of P. subhirtella and var. pendula. A tall strong tree with massive wide-spreading branches but the branchlets rather sparse and causing the head to have a thin appearance: lvs. somewhat larger than in P. subhirtella itself. Differs only in habit from var. pendula, and the two cannot be distinguished on the herbarium sheet. It is cult, in Japan, but is yet unknown as a horticultural plant in N. Amer, and Eu., although recently intro. Indigenous in Cent. China and probably also in Korea and Japan. Var. autumnalis, Makino (P. subhirtella var. Fukubana, Makino. P. autumnalis, Koehne. P. Makinoana, Koehne. P. microlepis var. Smithii, Koehne. P. Cerasus Chealii pendula, Hort.). An abnormal form, semi-double, blooming in April and again in Oct.; bush-like in stature, with slender wide- spreading branches. G.C. III. 52:432; 58:244. Gn. 76, p. 628 (all as P. Miqueliana).—"The flowers in autumn are smaller than those of spring, and in each case when the flowers are produced before the leaves or after the leaves have fallen the peduncle does not elongate and the plants present no striking differences. But on some individuals in the spring the leaves and flowers unfold at the same time and the peduncle is then much elongated. Such specimens look utterly dis-similar yet whether the flowers open before or at the same time as the leaves is not fixed and may vary on the same individual from year to year."—Wilson. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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