Job's Nursery and Pumpkin Patch LLC

Helping Tri-City Gardeners Grow Since 1940!

Job's Nursery LLC is a family owned nursery and tree farm that offers a wide selection of outdoor plants that are hardy for our area. We are located just north of Pasco on Columbia River Road.  It's a short trip to a beautiful location to escape the hustle and bustle of your everyday life.

 

 

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Cherry (Flowering), Okame

Prunus 'Okame'

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Cherry (Flowering), Okame (Prunus 'Okame') at Job's Nursery

Cherry (Flowering), Okame flowers

Cherry (Flowering), Okame flowers

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Cherry (Flowering), Okame (Prunus 'Okame') at Job's Nursery

Cherry (Flowering), Okame in bloom

Cherry (Flowering), Okame in bloom

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Height:  25 feet

Spread:  20 feet

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  5a

Other Names:  Ornamental Cherry

Description:

A beautiful spring flowering accent tree, featuring rich, bright pink flowers before the leaves, attractive reddish-brown bark and an arching, vase shaped habit of growth; needs full sun and well-drained soil; has a high tolerance to insects and disease

Ornamental Features

Cherry (Flowering), Okame is smothered in stunning clusters of pink flowers along the branches in early spring, which emerge from distinctive rose flower buds before the leaves. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn outstanding shades of orange and red in the fall. The fruits are showy black drupes displayed in early summer. The smooth dark red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Landscape Attributes

Cherry (Flowering), Okame is a deciduous tree with an indistinguished habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Cherry (Flowering), Okame is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Accent
  • Shade

Planting & Growing

Cherry (Flowering), Okame will grow to be about 25 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. It has a high canopy of foliage that sits well above the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. As it matures, the lower branches of this tree can be strategically removed to create a high enough canopy to support unobstructed human traffic underneath. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. This plant should be periodically fertilized throughout the active growing season with a specially-formulated acidic fertilizer. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Special Attributes

The flowering cherries generally don't bare fruit or little if they do at all.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Accent  Shade 
Applications
Flowers  Fruit  Fall Color  Bark  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features