Many other varieties are found on the Plant Family Collection's Prunus Lawn and Prunus Triangle, in the central area of the Garden, west of the Palm House entrance. Other Locations Several flowering cherries are planted in the Osborne Garden, including a magnificent pair of Prunus 'Shiro-fugen' near the Eastern Parkway entrance. Oriental flowering cherries bloom at the Garden from late March or early April through mid-May. The very first to bloom coincide with the burst of blossoms on Daffodil Hill and in Magnolia Plaza. No one species or cultivar blooms continuously for more than a week, but the 42 varieties within the 52 acres here allow for a most enchanting long-term display.
Flowers turn white when fully open.
Cherry Cultivars Area Prunus 'Okame' This hybrid of the Formosan and Fuji cherries was introduced to Europe in 1947 from Japan by Captain Collingwood Ingram. Its deep carmine-rose buds open to lighter tinted flowers before leaves appear. This variety is recommended by the Garden Club of America's book, Plants That Merit Attention. Cherry Cultivars Area, South Rose Family Bed, Parking Lot Hill Prunus sargentii Seed for this cherry with delicate pink blossoms was collected from the mountain slopes of Japan in the late 1800s by Prof. Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum, among others. Flower buds are pale pink, opening to white flowers.