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Hardiness Zone: 6-9
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Mature Height: 40-50 Feet
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Mature Spread: 30-40 Feet
Buy Okame Flowering Cherry online. Okame Cherry is one of the spring’s earliest of the flowering cherries showing us spring has arrived. The glory of the Okame Cherry is the abundance of rosy pink flowers in late winter and early spring. The showy pink flowers can last up to 2-3 weeks. As autumn arrives, the foliage turns to bronze orange to orange red and the bark is an attractive shiny reddish brown color making it a tree for all seasons. As a young tree it displays a broad-columnar habit; mature trees develop a more upright, arching habit.
Family: Rosaceae
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Common Name: Cherry/Peach/Plum/Almond/Nectarine/Apricot
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OKAME FLOWERING CHERRY Plant Characteristics
Bark Color*
| • | Gray |
Bark Type*
| • | Smooth |
Brand*
| • | Pennsylvania Gold Medal Award Winners |
Cultural Information*
| • | Leaf Scorch – Moderate Resistance |
| • | Leaf Spot – Moderate Resistance |
| • | Powdery Mildew – Moderate Resistance |
| • | Root Rot – Low Resistance |
Flower Color*
| • | Pink |
Flower Type*
| • | Single Blooming |
Growth Habit*
| • | Ornamental/Medium Growing |
| • | Upright Growing |
Growth Rate*
| • | Fast |
Leaf Color Fall*
| • | Orange/Brilliant Orange |
| • | Red/Brilliant Red |
Leaf Color Spring*
| • | Green |
Leaf Color Summer*
| • | Green |
Leaf Type*
| • | Deciduous/Herbaceous |
Nature Assets*
| • | Attracts Bees |
| • | Attracts Birds |
| • | Attracts Butterflies |
Plant Type*
| • | Tree |
Preferred Planting Season*
| • | Fall Planting |
| • | Spring Planting |
| • | Summer Planting |
Preferred Soil Conditions*
| • | Adapts Well to Most Soil Types |
| • | Average |
| • | Moist |
| • | Prefers Low pH (Acidic Soils) |
| • | Tolerates Low pH (Acidic Soils) |
| • | Well-Drained |
Propagation Methods*
| • | Graft |
Season of Interest*
| • | Early Spring |
| • | Fall |
| • | Late Spring/Early Summer |
| • | Late Summer/Early Autumn |
| • | Spring |
| • | Spring Flowering |
| • | Summer |
Sun Exposure*
| • | Prefers Full Sun in Northern States |
| • | Prefers Full Sun in Southern States |
Uses*
| • | Accent Plant |
| • | Landscape Specimen |
| • | Mass Planting |
| • | Provides Shade |
| • | Flowering |
Exposure (Short)
| • | Full Sun |











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