Ukon Ornamental Cherry Trees
Ukon Ornamental Cherry Trees
Prunus Ukon Cherry is one of the only yellow flowering cherry blossom trees. The flowers are creamy white with a faint yellow tint, sometimes tinged pink. Ukon cherries aren't tall, but they're spreading, with a canopy up to 10 metres across. The buds are pink and open into its famous semi-double flowers of gentle, creamy yellow. The blossom appears at the same time as the young leaves, which are bronze, turning through green in summer to a glorious dark red in autumn. Ukon cherries look best when they're planted in front of a green backdrop: a yew hedge is perfect. They can reach a height of about 6-8 metres.
Browse our variety of flowering cherry trees, or our full range of garden trees.
History & Trivia
Ukon means "yellowish" in Japanese, and it's the yellow flowers which make Ukon cherries so remarkable, as a cherry tree with yellow flowers has long been sought after by gardeners. It was introduced to Britain in 1905 and holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit.
How Standard Trees are Measured:
All our standards,are graded by their girth in centimetres 1 metre above ground level. They aren't measured by their height. So, a 6/8 standard has a trunk with a circumference of 6-8 centimetres and an 8/10 standard has a trunk 8-10 centimetres. In any variety an 8/10 is taller than a 6/8 but the heights between different varieties can vary hugely. So standard trees are roughly 2.5 - 4.5 metres tall.
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Ukon Ornamental Cherry Trees
Prunus Ukon Cherry is one of the only yellow flowering cherry blossom trees. The flowers are creamy white with a faint yellow tint, sometimes tinged pink. Ukon cherries aren't tall, but they're spreading, with a canopy up to 10 metres across. The buds are pink and open into its famous semi-double flowers of gentle, creamy yellow. The blossom appears at the same time as the young leaves, which are bronze, turning through green in summer to a glorious dark red in autumn. Ukon cherries look best when they're planted in front of a green backdrop: a yew hedge is perfect. They can reach a height of about 6-8 metres.
Browse our variety of flowering cherry trees, or our full range of garden trees.
History & Trivia
Ukon means "yellowish" in Japanese, and it's the yellow flowers which make Ukon cherries so remarkable, as a cherry tree with yellow flowers has long been sought after by gardeners. It was introduced to Britain in 1905 and holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit.
How Standard Trees are Measured:
All our standards,are graded by their girth in centimetres 1 metre above ground level. They aren't measured by their height. So, a 6/8 standard has a trunk with a circumference of 6-8 centimetres and an 8/10 standard has a trunk 8-10 centimetres. In any variety an 8/10 is taller than a 6/8 but the heights between different varieties can vary hugely. So standard trees are roughly 2.5 - 4.5 metres tall.
