Stock photography picture of Prunus incisa Mikinori ornamental cherry blossom
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Prunus incisa Mikinori ornamental cherry blossom
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FUJI CHERRY FLOWERS in spring Prunus incisa Mikinori This species comes from South West Japan It is a deciduous rounded spreading shrub sometimes a small tree Its small leaves are ovate and sharply toothed and up to 6cm 2 5in long and are bronze red when young turning dark green and finally orange red in autumn Incisa means deeply and irregularly cut and refers to the serrations of the leaf Flowers are saucer shaped white or pale pink and 2cm 0 75in across and are either solitary or in clusters of two or three They appear before the leaves in early to mid spring and are occasionally followed by ovoid cherry like purple black fruits up to 8mm 0 4in long It makes an ideal specimen tree for a small garden Mikinori was named after the Japanese botanist and plant collector Mikinori Ogisu It is shrubby with semi double white flowers which are pink in bud