Flowering Cherry
Rating: 5
Size: small varieties 10-25 ft
Lifespan: 30-40 years
Shade: Medium to dense shade depending on variety
Type: deciduous hardwood slow to moderate growth speed
Much like the crabapple and flowering plum, the flowering cherry tree is an ornamental landscaping tree commonly planted in front yards for their exquisite beauty. Popular varieties include the pink large flowered Japanese flowering cherry and the weeping cherry tree varieties. Like the crabapple and flowering plum trees, there are a large number of varieties to choose from.
There are a number of diseases and pests that plague flowering cherry trees, most common among them being the cherry bore worm that tunnels in the trunk of the tree.