Why Plant Autumn Flowering Cherry?
The Autumn Flowering Cherry brings a Cherry Blossom Festival to your home each spring with billowy clouds of blush pink cherry blossoms that are a pollinator’s paradise. This fast-growing tree is a type of Higan Cherry—like the popular pink Weeping Flowering Cherry, but in a rounded/upright form. Your Autumn Cherry tree will delight you with a modest encore pink blooms in fall, giving our valuable honeybees a bit more sustenance before they retire for the winter. Plant this premium ornamental tree where you’re sure to see the spring and fall blossoms, as well as the peachy-gold fall foliage and the songbirds that will come to your yard to devour the small black “cherries.”
Thanks to a very generous gift from the People of Japan in 1912, approximately 3,750 Cherry trees are planted along the Tidal Basin in Washington DC. In a ceremony on March 27, 1912 the first lady Helen Taft and the wife of the Japanese ambassador Viscountess Chinda, planted the first two trees together on the northern bank in West Potomac Park. These two original trees are still standing today marked by a large plaque. Each spring our nation’s capital celebrates the National Cherry Blossom Festival. This has become a cherished tradition for many, drawing 1.5 million people to the city each year. In 2012, The United States sent 3000 flowering dogwood trees to Japan to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Japan’s Cherry trees. The trees are a living reminder of the good will and friendship between the two countries.
How to use Autumn Flowering Cherry in the landscape?
Like Yogi Berra said, "It's deja-vu all over again!" Deep pink buds open to semi-double, light pink flowers covering the delicate branches in early spring. In summer this magical tree is enveloped in deep green foliage. Then, those soft pink flowers return for an encore in the fall. Who could ask for more? You could. And with this tree, you'll get it.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 4-8
How To Plant Autumn Flowering Cherry
These Flowering Cherries grow well in full sun and require soil that is moist but not too wet. If the soil is too wet, their leaves will start to turn yellow and fall off. Cherry trees do get the occasional parade of Japanese Beetles. Those shiny little beetles will eat almost the entire leaf, leaving only the veins of the leaf behind – this is called skeletonizing. There are a few different brands of insecticides that you can use to get rid of Japanese Beetles, but if you have a relatively small beetle problem and some spare time, you can remove them by hand as well.
How To Water
Flowering Cherry will appreciate watering deeply, and regularly during its first few years in the ground. Irrigate weekly, and especially during long dry spells or extreme heat after it’s established.
How To Fertilize
A yearly dose (for the first 3 or 4 years) of tree fertilizer will be beneficial for the tree to grow healthy and strong for the following spring flower show.
How To Prune
Pruning branches after the tree is done blooming is preferred. This will give the tree plenty of time to heal and form new buds for the following spring.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
