Prunus serr. 'Shirotae'

Prunus serr. 'Shirotae'

Common name: White Cherry Blossom

Shirotae’ is a flat-topped, deciduous flowering cherry that typically grows to 15-20’ tall. It is a medium-sized tree with horizontally spreading branches that often dip close to the ground. Mildly fragrant semi-double white flowers (to 2” wide) with 5-11 petals bloom in profuse clusters in spring (March-April) when new growth is emerging. Ovate to elliptic leaves (to 5” long) with aristate teeth emerge pale green tinged with bronze in spring, turn dark green by summer and finally display attractive shades of orange and red in fall. No fruits are produced by this cultivar. ‘Shirotae’ translates as snow white in reference to flower color.