Prunus incisa
Prunus incisa, the Fuji cherry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, which gets its scientific name from the deep incisions on the leaves. It is an endemic species in Japan and grows wild in Kantō, Chūbu and Kinki regions. It is also called Fuji cherry because it grows especially heavily around Mount Fuji and Hakone. A dainty slow-growing, early white-flowering cherry, this century-old cultigen from Hondo, Japan is highly regarded as an ornamental but the wood has no industrial value. It is hardy to -20 °C, and crossed with "Prunus  speciosa", has yielded the cultivar "Prunus" 'Umineko'. It is in the ornamental section "Pseudocerasus" of the cherry subgenus "Cerasus" of the genus "Prunus". Ma et al. classified it in a group with "Prunus nipponica". The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit: 'Kojo-no-Mai' is a cultivar suitable for the very small garden, as with judicious pruning it can be kept to a maximum size of . In a large pot it will produce a dome of twiggy growth, and has the added bonus of brilliant autumn colour.