Kwanzan Cherry
Prunus serrulata ‘Kanzan’ · a double pink flowering cherry
One of the showiest flowering cherries, smothered in hanging clusters of double deep-pink flowers in spring, then bronzy-red new leaves and orange-bronze fall colour, a classic specimen, street or lawn tree. Give it sun and well-drained soil. Like most cherries it's prone to borers, scale and fungal disease.
- Mature size
- 25 × 25 ft
- 7.5 × 7.5 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 5a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to moist
- Blooms
- Apr
- Fall color Oct–Nov
Kwanzan Cherry at its mature size
A mature Kwanzan Cherry grows 15 to 36 feet tall and 15 to 30 feet wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, The Tree Center.
Through the year
What Kwanzan Cherry looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Dormant · Dec–Mar
Bare upswept branches.
In flower · Apr
Covered in heavy clusters of double deep-pink flowers.
In leaf · May–Sep
Dense green leaves, no flowers.
Fall · Oct–Nov
Leaves turned bronze and orange.
Photos
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Growing Kwanzan Cherry
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Specimen, drought tolerant, and fall color
- Leaves
- Drops its leaves in winter
- Native to
- Garden origin (Japan)
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Kwanzan Cherry, that’s about 25 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Kwanzan Cherry in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other cherries
Kwanzan Cherry
Okame Cherry
Yoshino CherryAll drawn to the same scale.