List of Award of Garden Merit flowering cherries
The following species and cultivars in the genus Prunus currently (2016) hold the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. All are described as flowering or ornamental cherries, though they have mixed parentage, and some have several or unknown parents.

List of Award of Garden Merit flowering cherries

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Table Section Text: The following species and cultivars in the genus Prunus currently (2016) hold the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. All are described as flowering or ornamental cherries, though they have mixed parentage, and some have several or unknown parents.

Species	Cultivar name	Common name	Year	Ref	Flower	Form	Height	Spread	Image

Prunus	'Accolade'	1993	pink	semi-double	8m	8m	-

Prunus	'Amanogawa'	1993	pale pink	semi-double	8m	4m	-

Prunus	'Beni-yutaka'	2012	pink	double	12m	10m

Prunus	'Collingwood Ingram'	2012	deep pink	single	8m	4m

Prunus	'Hanagasa'	2012	pale pink	double	8m	8m

Prunus	'Ichiyo'	1993	shell pink	double	8m	8m	Ichiyo, Cerasus lannesiana 'Ichiyo' Koidzumi.JPG

Prunus	'Kanzan'	1993	deep pink	double	10m	10m	-

Prunus	'Matsumae-fuki'	2012	white	single	8m	8m

Prunus	'Pandora'	1993	pale pink	single	12m	8m

Prunus	'Pink Perfection'	1993	pink	double	8m	8m

Prunus	'Shirofugen'	1993	pink	double	8m	10m

Prunus	'Shirotae'	1993	white	double	6m	8m	Prunus Sato-Zakura 'Shirotae' in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris 005.JPG

Prunus	'Shizuka'	2012	white	semi-double	12m	10m

Prunus	'Shogetsu'	1993	white	double	5m	8m	Shogetsu, Cerasus lannesiana 'Superba' Miyoshi.JPG

Prunus	'Spire'	1993	pale pink	single	10m	6m

Prunus	'Sunset Boulevard'	2012	white	single	12m	4m

Prunus	'Tai-haku'	Great white cherry	1993	white	single	8m	8m

Prunus	'Taoyame'	2012	pale pink	semi-double	8m	8m

Prunus	'The Bride'	2012	white/red	single	8m	8m

Prunus	'Ukon'	1993	white	semi-double	8m	10m	-

Prunus avium	'Plena'	Double gean	1993	white	double	20m	10m

Prunus cerasifera	'Nigra'	Black cherry plum	1993	pink	single	12m	10m	-

Prunus incisa f. yamadei	2012	white	single	8m	8m	-

Prunus incisa	'Kojo-no-mai'	2012	white	single	2.5m	2.5m	-

Prunus incisa	'Oshidori'	2012	pink	double	8m	8m

Prunus laurocerasus	'Otto Luyken'	Cherry laurel	1993	white	single	1m	1.5m

Prunus laurocerasus	'Rotundifolia'	Cherry laurel	2012	white	single	8m	4m

Prunus lusitanica	Portugal laurel	1993	white	single	12m	10m	-

Prunus mume	'Beni-chidori'	2012	deep pink	single	2.5m	2.5m	-

Prunus padus	'Colorata'	Bird cherry	1993	pink	15m	10m	-

Prunus padus	'Watereri'	Bird cherry	1993	white	single	12m	10m

Prunus pendula	'Pendula Rubra'	Drooping cherry	1993	deep pink	single	4m	4m

Prunus pendula f. ascendens	'Rosea'	2012	shell pink	single	8m	8m

Prunus pendula	'Stellata'	2012	pink	single	4m	4m

Prunus serrula	'Branklyn'	Tibetan cherry	2012	white	single	8m	8m

Prunus × blireana	Blireana plum	1993	rose pink	double	4m	4m	-

Prunus × cistena	Purple-leaf sand cherry	1993	pale pink	single	1.5m	1.5m	-

Prunus × incam	'Okamé'	1993	carmine pink	single	12m	8m	Prunus Okame 001.JPG

Prunus × incam	'Shosar'	2012	pink	single	8m	4m

Prunus × yedoensis	'Somei-Yoshino'	Yoshino cherry	1993	white	single	15m	10m	-

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In 1993, Prunus × cistena won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

final_sentence: In 1993, Prunus × cistena won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.