I f you're looking for flowering trees to attract hummingbirds and cardinals to your yard, few do it as beautifully as the Kwanzan cherry (Prunus serrulata). Beloved for its lush, double-pink ...

Another variety that does well here, Brooks says, is Yoshino (Prunus x yedoensis), the variety Japan gave to the United States in 1912. It's a fast-growing tree that can reach more than 30 feet.

Quick, think of a tree full of pink blooms. What you just pictured is probably a Kwanzan (also transliterated "Kanzan") cherry tree (Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan').

The Japanese cherry trees (Prunus serrulata) that bloom in a cloud of pink in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., rarely thrive in this area, according to Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the ...

If you are looking for a cherry tree that will bloom for you from mid- to late April and even into May, you will want to buy a cultivar of Prunus serrulata. The earliest flowering ornamental ...

Q: I want to plant a flowering cherry, one with horizontal branches. Names I have been given by a nursery include Prunus serrulata and ‘Akebono’ (above).

You can also find the Kwanzan cherry (Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’) with its striking, double-petaled pink flowers, blooming slightly later than the Yoshino variety.