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Okame Cherry
It is pH adaptable. The rosy red buds are attractive before flower break and the overall floral effect lasts 2 to 3 weeks. Rate of growth is medium-fast, especially when young, so expect 1-2' or more per year. Its carmine-pink petals, with rose-red calyx and reddish flower stalks, open fully before leaf break. The young trees display a broad-columnar habit; older trees develop a more rounded habit. It has a very consistent year-to-year blooming habit. This deciduous tree has an attractive dark red-orange fall color. Prunus. Excellent heat and cold tolerance. It makes a fine specimen tree and should be sited where it can be easily seen in late winter/early spring. Fruits are small, and not ornamentally important. At maturity, ‘Okame’ Cherry trees will attain 20-30' in height with a similar spread. Flowering is its main feature, yet the ‘Okame’ can be considered an all seasons plant with its attractive bark and fall color. Locate it in full sun or light shade. Shiny reddish brown bark is also very attractive. ‘Okame’ does best in moist, well-drained soil, but will adapt to a variety of soils as long as they are not wet. The Okame Cherry tree, Prunus Okame, is one of the earliest of the flowering cherries. ... details
Korean Evodia The bark of older stems and branches resembles beech(smooth gray bark). Fruit remains during the winter and adds interest to an uninteresting time of year. It is a good honey plant and the foliage looks good all summer. This plant appears to do better in good soils and seems somewhat intolerant of impoverished soils. This plant's small size will allow it to be used in restricted spaces, keeping in mind that it is as wide as tall. White flowers are borne in mid summer and are quite showy. The Korean Evodia, 'Evodia daniellii' is one of the few flowering trees that flower in the summer, rather than spring. |
