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Prunus x subhirtella 'Pendula Plena Rosea' | Double Weeping Higan Cherry

First bloom dates:
2019 - Planted

2020 March 21

2022 April 12

2023 April 19

2024 March 23

Prunus x subhirtella 'Pendula Plena Rosea' | Double Weeping Higan Cherry

Rosaceae (Rose family) (Pronounced roe-ZAY-see-eye)

Pronounced Proo-nis (by) Sub-her-tel-ah Pen-dul-ah

Blooms appear before leaves and last about one week.

My plant tag says it only gets 15 feet high, but I have found it difficult to learn to maintain. Other varieties online indicate they grow to 40 feet tall. This tree is grafted meaning a shoot of one tree is inserted into the stem of another plant. I was told that how it is grafted determines the height and that mine was grafted lower. I was told that all new branches will come out of where it is grafted so that they will never be any taller than it is now.

I have found that new branches shoot straight up on my tree and that I need to bend them and tie them to the base until they harden to keep them weeping. Sometimes if in the middle of the base they grow straight up very tall. At first I let it grow that way, hoping it would get so weighted that it would bend on its own. I eventually decided I did not like the look of it and cut it off to keep the trees shape nice.

I read that these trees are grafted onto a Prunus avium tree which is a Sweet Cherry tree.

I should have looked it up rather than experimenting with my tree to learn, but Weeping Cherries blooms on last year's wood. This is just like pruning my Forsythia and Bridal Wreath. That means that they should not be pruned late season or over the Winter, but rather right after they bloom. My plan is to watch how many feet of new wood I get (then update this journaling note) and to prune the branches that far plus an inch more off the ground each year right after blooming. It may take me a while to get a rhythm of maintaining this tree.

This tree is originates in Japan and is an ornamental deciduous tree. The common name of Higan comes from the word "ohigan" which is a week-long Buddhist holiday in Japan celebrated on both the Autumnal (September) and Spring (March) equinoxes. The changing seasons is a reminder for Buddhists to change their lives to reach enlightenment. Higan in Japanese is literally translated to "distant shore."

I learned another new word! Pendulous describes the branches which means "hanging so as to swing freely." It makes me think of the word pendulum.

I have read that the flowers are "umbrels" which is plural for "umbrel" and the best definition I can find is that this is an obsolete word for "umbrella!" The umbrels have two to five blooms on each.

2024