{"id":583,"date":"2013-09-05T12:46:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T19:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/?page_id=583"},"modified":"2025-03-20T08:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:34:52","slug":"japanese-flowering-cherry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/cherriesplums\/japanese-flowering-cherry\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Flowering Cherry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0047-japanese-flowering-cherry-e1409179780755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1807 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0047-japanese-flowering-cherry-e1409179780755-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0047 japanese flowering cherry\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0047-japanese-flowering-cherry-e1409179780755-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0047-japanese-flowering-cherry-e1409179780755-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/IMG_0047-japanese-flowering-cherry-e1409179780755.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/PRSE1_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-584\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/PRSE1_lg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese Flowering Cherry\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/PRSE1_lg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/files\/2013\/09\/PRSE1_lg.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>This cherry had over 120 cultivars, which are usually grafted onto Prunus avium stock (evident by a bulge with several limbs coming out at the same point). Many of the cultivars originated many years ago in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Akebono&#8217; &#8211; In 1920 the W. B. Clarke &amp; Co. nursery in San Jose, California, introduced a new seedling called &#8216;Akebono&#8217;, which has had wide distribution and is very popular. As Japanese Flowering Cherries go, the Akebono can become quite large. Its blossoms are a delicate pink color; they make the tree look like a cloud in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Kwanzan&#8217; &#8211; The Kwanzan Cherry is ornamental, producing large, double, rosy-pink, pendant clusters of blooms. It is planted along many of Portland&#8217;s streets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Shirotae&#8217; &#8211; This beautiful, spreading cherry with fragrant, snow white flowers is also called `Mt. Fuji.&#8217; It is easy to spot at any time of the year because of its low horizontal growth pattern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This cherry had over 120 cultivars, which are usually grafted onto Prunus avium stock (evident by a bulge with several limbs coming out at the same point). Many of the cultivars originated many years ago in Japan. &#8216;Akebono&#8217; &#8211; In&nbsp;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/cherriesplums\/japanese-flowering-cherry\/\">finish&nbsp;reading&nbsp;Japanese Flowering Cherry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1807,"parent":566,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"trees_template.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-583","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583\/revisions\/2078"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/trees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}