How to grow kwanzan cherry
Prunus serrulata
When to plant kwanzan cherry
Plant this deciduous tree while dormant, in fall or early spring. Extension guidance rates fall (after leaf drop, with time for roots to establish) and early spring (before bud break) as the best windows; avoid planting into summer heat.
Kwanzan Cherry is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 180 to 300 in apart
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 5 to 8.5
Common problems
- short lived
- weak wood
- borers
- scale
Sources
- North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension): Prunus serrulata (Japanese Flowering Cherry, incl. 'Kwanzan')
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center: Planting Trees Correctly (HGIC 1001)
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