Prunus pendula
Weeping Higan cherry
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Weeping Higan Cherry is a popular flowering lawn and garden accent tree, known for its graceful weeping form and spectacular spring flowering display. It needs good drainage, and on clay soils, planting on slopes or raised beds is recommended.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 170.01%—6.0 in
- 100.00%——
- 20.00%—6.6 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Weeping
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 25 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25 ft
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 6.0 in, mean 7.6 in, 90th percentile 14 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Hainan Island monsoon rain forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests
Other Prunus in the catalogue
60 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
