Prunus 'Okame'
Common name:
Okame Flowering Cherry
Pronunciation:
PROO-nus
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Deciduous tree, small, to 20-30 ft ( m) tall, open habit. Leaves alternate, simple, about 7 cm long by 4 cm wide, margins serrated, glossy green; bronze-orange to red in fall. Flowers appear early, long before the leaves, they are small but profuse, in 2-3 per stalked clusters, petals fuchsia-pink, calyx rose-red. Apparently does not commonly set fruit.
- Sun
- Hardy to USDA Zone 6 This cultivar was developed by Collingwood 'Cherry' Ingram in about 1940. It involved a cross of the female parent, Prunus incisa, known as the Fuji cheery because is grows in abundance around Mount Fuji, by the pollen parent, Prunus campanulate, a wild cherry native to Tiawan. He named the resulting creation, Okame, after the Japanese goddess of good fortune and mirth (Abe, 2019).
- Corvallis: Sunset Meadows Small Tree Arboretum, along Country Club Drive between 49th and 53rd Streets
- Oregon State Univ. campus: several on the "backside" of Halsell residence hall, near Washington Way and 17th St.
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