Yoshino Cherry
Prunus yedoensis
Rosaceae · broadleaf deciduous tree · introduced
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Prunus x yedoensis (Rosaceae) is a deciduous tree of hybrid origin (probably P. speciosa x P. subhirtella), widely known as the Yoshino cherry. It grows 30 to 40 feet tall with a broad, spreading, often pendulous crown. Masses of lightly fragrant white to pale pink flowers appear in early to midspring before the leaves fully emerge. It is the cherry of the Washington, D.C. Tidal Basin.
Yoshino cherry grows in full sun on moist, well-drained soil. It is fast growing but relatively short-lived (typically 30 to 50 years). The species is susceptible to the same diseases and pests as other ornamental cherries. The cultivar 'Akebono' (Daybreak) has deeper pink flowers. Hardy in Zones 5a to 8b.
Quick Facts
Height
50 ft
Hardiness
Zone Zones 5a–8b
Phenological Calendar
| Stage | Typical Window |
|---|---|
| Full bloom BBCH 65 | Mar 15-Apr 5 |
Diseases (58)
Taphrina wiesneri Witches'-broom (Cherry leaf curl) Verticillium dahliae Verticillium Wilt Stigmina carpophila Shothole (Coryneum Blight) Prunus necrotic Prunus Necrotic Ringspot Podosphaera aphanis var. aphanis Powdery Mildew Uncharacterized graft Necrotic rusty mottle Cherry mottle leaf virus Mottle leaf Little cherry Little Cherry Symptom category — not a single disease Leaf Spot Non-pathogenic (physiological response to injury/stress) Gumming (Gummosis) Abiotic or frost injury Dead Bud Cytospora canker Cytospora Canker Rhizobium radiobacter (formerly Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Crown Gall The fungi Brown Rot Blossom Blight and Fruit Rot Apiosporina morbosa Black Knot Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Bacterial Canker Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Bacterial Canker and Blast Monilinia fructicola and M Brown Rot Plum pox virus (PPV) Plum Pox (Sharka) Xanthomonas citri Red Spot Fruit Blemish (Freckles) Stigmina carpophila or Diaporthe spp. Shothole Chondrostereum purpureum Silver Leaf Limb and Wood Decay Armillaria mellea Armillaria Crown and Root Rot An uncharacterized Black Canker The cherry Cherry Mottle Leaf Cherry twisted Cherry Twisted Leaf Believed to Crinkle Leaf and Deep Suture Eola rasp Eola Rasp Leaf (Yellow Bud Mosaic) Although bacterial Fungal Cankers Mechanical injury Gumming The normal June Drop Grapevine leafroll virus Leafroll Uncharacterized graft Necrotic Rusty Mottle (Lambert Mottle) and Rusty Mottle Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot Multiple fungal agents Pitting Many fungi Postharvest Rots Prune dwarf Prune Dwarf Cherry rasp Rasp Leaf Pythium spp., Phytophthora spp., Rhizoctonia spp., Fusari... Replant Disease This problem Rosette [VERIFY] (multiple possible causes) Rugose Prune dwarf Sour Cherry Yellows Several causes Stem Pitting One of Virus-induced Cherry Decline Raspberry bushy dwarf virus and related viruses Virus Taphrina wiesneri Witches' Broom Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni X-Disease Taphrina deformans Leaf Curl Non-pathogenic (physiological disorder — epidermal cell d... Russeting Chrysomyxa piperiana Rusty Spot Environmental/temperature stress Split Pit Phytophthora spp Sprinkler Rot (Phytophthora Fruit Rot) Blueberry mosaic virus and related viruses Virus Diseases Taphrina pruni Plum Pockets Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust Wilsonomyces carpophilus Coryneum blight (Shothole)
Pests (40)
Drosophila suzukii Spotted-wing drosophila Tetranychidae Spider mite Scolytus rugulosus Shothole borer Diaspidiotus perniciosus San Jose scale Pear slug (Cherry slug) Synanthedon exitiosa Peachtree borer Tortricidae Leafroller Forficula auricularia Earwig Noctuidae Cutworms and Armyworms Cherry fruit fly Enarmonia formosana Cherry bark tortrix Myzus cerasi Black cherry aphid Choreutis pariana Apple-and-thorn skeletonizer Halyomorpha halys Brown marmorated stink bug Hyphantria cunea Fall webworm Anarsia lineatella Peach twig borer Aphidoidea Aphid Choristoneura rosaceana Obliquebanded Leafroller Pear sawfly (pear slug) Otiorhynchus spp. Root weevil Edwardsiana rosae Rose leafhopper Malacosoma spp. Tent caterpillar Western red-humped caterpillar Cacoecimorpha pronubana Carnation tortrix Aculus cornutus Peach silver mite Parthenolecanium spp. Lecanium scale Pear sawfly Schizura concinna Redhumped caterpillar Phorodon humuli Hop aphid Brachycaudus helichrysi Leaf curl plum aphid Scale Coccoidea Scale insect Caliroa cerasi Pear slug Chrysobothris mali Pacific flatheaded borer Archips argyrospila Fruittree leafroller Cicadellidae Leafhopper Nematode, Dagger Nematode, Ring Nematode, Root-lesion Nematodes
Cultivars (2)
'Akebono'
Common name: Akebono Yoshino CherrySomei-yoshino; Mature height: 25 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 5
'Berry' Cascade Snow™
Compact spreading form, abundant white flowers
Observed full bloom at 915 GDD₃₂ on Mar 21 in Kent area, WA (Zone 8b)