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The leaves of the weeping
cherry can be up to 4 inches
long and half as wide. They
come to a long point and are
sharply saw-toothed.
Prunus subhirtella
var. pendula
Weeping Cherry
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Prunus subhirtella
var. pendula
The flowers are from pink to
red, about one-half inch
wide, borne in clusters of two
to five blossoms. The fruit is
a small cherry which matures
to a shiny black.
Weeping Cherry
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+1996 American Association of Amateur Arborists
A wide spreading and
gracefully weeping
variety of the cherry, this
is a fast growing
ornamental. The bark is
gray on young branches,
with the typical
horizontal lenticels.
Prunus subhirtella
var. pendula
Weeping Cherry
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Prunus subhirtella
var. pendula
Weeping Cherry
Another variety, the "autumnalis", and other
cultivars have been bred as double flowering
varieties making a showy ornamental even more
glamorous. The Yoshino Cherry also has a
weeping form whose branches cascade to the
ground.
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