Cherry Tree

Okame Cherry

Price: $29.95*
(Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.)

The Okame Cherry tree, Prunus Okame, is one of the earliest of the flowering cherries. Its carmine-pink petals, with rose-red calyx and reddish flower stalks, open fully before leaf break. It has a very consistent year-to-year blooming habit.

Merchant: Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.

Yoshino Flowering Cherry

Price: $32.95*
(Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.)

The Yoshino Cherry tree, Prunus X Yedoensis, has white or pink clusters of beautiful flowers that have a scent of almond. The flowers appear before the leaves. Total bloom time usually 10-14 days. These ornamental cherries are bred for flowers and fragrance instead of fruit.

Merchant: Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.

Rainier

Price: $29.99*
(Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.)

The Rainier Cherry tree produces sweet, large, yellow fruit with a red blush. The fruit is firm and the flesh is fine-textured and clear to light yellow. Fans of the Rainier appreciate the creamy-yellow flesh, which gives the blush of the skin a sunny undertone.

Merchant: Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.

Under the Cherry Blossom Tree

Sale Price: $5.36*
Retail: $5.95 (10% off!)
(Overstock Books)

This picture-book version of a Japanese folk tale takes place on a sunny spring day, when the inhabitants of a small Japanese village are all enjoying the beauty of the newly blossomed cherry trees.

Merchant: Overstock Books