Prunus Taihaku - Great White Cherry Trees

The Great White Cherry is a reasonably compact single flowered tree that is ideal as a specimen or as an avenue planting. The flowers are white, huge, single and perfectly balanced. When flowering it can be hard to see the tree for the flowers... April is usually the month for Taihaku which grows in most soils and aspects.Every garden should have one. We think Taihaku is an honorary native tree . It was extinct barring one specimen found in Sussex in 1923. Every Taihaku alive in the world today comes from that single plant. As with all cherries any pruning or remedial work should be done in summer to reduce the risk of bacterial canker. To 8m

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