General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 15 - 25 feet
Plant Spread: 15 - 25 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Other: 1/3 inch, pea sized fruits, maturing to black.
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Light pink to rose-pink.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Uses: Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Weeping Higan Cherry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Prunus subhirtella
  • Synonym: Prunus pendula

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Location: in Seiwa-en, part of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: Spring, 2004
Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula Rosea
Location: in Seiwa-en, part of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: Spring, 2004
Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula Rosea'
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Blenheim New Zealand

Date: 2017-04-22
Location: in Seiwa-en, part of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: Spring, 2004
Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula Rosea'
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Blenheim New Zealand
Location: Washington DC
Date: April
Location: in Seiwa-en, part of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: Spring, 2004
Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula Rosea'
Location: in Seiwa-en, part of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: Spring, 2004
Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula Rosea'
Location: Washington DC
Date: April 2007
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-22

Date: April
credit: Captain-tucker
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018- 04-23
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2011-07-01
Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01

Date: April
credit: Captain-tucker

Date: April
credit: Captain-tucker
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-23
Bloom buds

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