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Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis'

Previously known as:

  • Prunus x subhirtella var. autumnalis
Phonetic Spelling
PROO-nis sub-HIR-tel-uh au-tum-NAL-is
Description

Weeping Higan Cherry is a deciduous, grafted small tree that grows up to 40' tall. It has ascending branches, slender branchlets, and is pendulous and scabrate. This plant is commonly grafted on Prunus avium rootstock. This plant has no good fall color. Several cultivars of this species are pendulous and part of the Pendula Group of cultivars including: 'Pendula', 'Io Sakura', 'Shidare Higan', 'Pendula Plena Rosea', 'Yae-shidare-higan', 'Pendula Rosea', and 'Plena Rubra'. This plant is the most cold, heat, and stress tolerant cherry. It is easy to transplant and casts light shade. Wood splits easily with wind or ice and it is not smog tolerant. This tree is frequently damaged by deer. It also has viral and fungal disease problems and is susceptible to bores and scale. 

Form:  Rounded crown; upright branching; wide spreading

Growth Rate: Moderate to rapid

Quick ID Hints:

  • Deciduous weeping tree with pink spring flowers
  • Leaves with large wart-like glands on petiole & blade margin
  • Twigs andpetiole scabrate

More information on Prunus x subhirtella.

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#hardy#showy flowers#small tree#heat tolerant#pink flowers#flowering tree#frost tolerant#fantz#flowers early spring#deciduous tree#problem for cats#problem for dogs#problem for horses
 
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#hardy#showy flowers#small tree#heat tolerant#pink flowers#flowering tree#frost tolerant#fantz#flowers early spring#deciduous tree#problem for cats#problem for dogs#problem for horses
  • Attributes:
    Genus:
    Prunus
    Species:
    subhirtella
    Family:
    Rosaceae
    Life Cycle:
    Woody
    Dimensions:
    Height: 20 ft. 0 in. - 40 ft. 0 in.
    Width: 15 ft. 0 in. - 30 ft. 0 in.
  • Whole Plant Traits:
    Plant Type:
    Perennial
    Tree
    Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
    Deciduous
    Habit/Form:
    Rounded
    Spreading
    Growth Rate:
    Medium
    Texture:
    Medium
  • Cultural Conditions:
    Light:
    Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
    Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
    Soil Drainage:
    Good Drainage
    Available Space To Plant:
    12-24 feet
    USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
    4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
  • Fruit:
    Fruit Color:
    Black
    Red/Burgundy
    Fruit Value To Gardener:
    Showy
    Fruit Type:
    Drupe
    Fruit Length:
    < 1 inch
    Fruit Width:
    < 1 inch
    Fruit Description:
    Stone fruits are ovoid, less than an inch in diameter, and are red maturing to black.
  • Flowers:
    Flower Color:
    Pink
    White
    Flower Inflorescence:
    Corymb
    Flower Value To Gardener:
    Showy
    Flower Bloom Time:
    Fall
    Spring
    Winter
    Flower Petals:
    4-5 petals/rays
    Flower Description:
    Flowers in fall, winter during warm spells, and early spring; rose colored buds open to soft pink single to semi-double flowers fading to almost white. Inflorescence is a congested corymb, pedicels are elongated, rachis is very short and gives the appearance of an umbel.
  • Leaves:
    Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
    Deciduous
    Leaf Color:
    Green
    Leaf Type:
    Simple
    Leaf Arrangement:
    Alternate
    Leaf Shape:
    Lanceolate
    Oblong
    Ovate
    Leaf Margin:
    Doubly Serrate
    Serrate
    Hairs Present:
    No
    Leaf Description:
    Leaves are simple, alternate, ovate to lanceolate to oblong-ovate, acuminate, cuneate, and serrate to doubly serrate. Petioles are short, scabrate, bearing two or more large wart-like glands on the petiole apex, or more glands in intact with the blade base or on the blade margin near the base.
  • Stem:
    Stem Is Aromatic:
    No
  • Landscape:
    Design Feature:
    Flowering Tree
    Small Tree
    Problems:
    Problem for Cats
    Problem for Dogs
    Problem for Horses