A Mount Fuji cherry (Prunus Shirotae) on Willesley Drive. Picture: Dan Crowley, Forestry Commission Credit: Dan Crowley, Forestry Commission .

Make the heart sing with these glorious photos of spring blossom ...

My cherry season began in early March with a superb small variety, Prunus Kursar, about eight feet high and at home in Turkey, ... Shirotae’s country of origin is Japan.

For example, the gorgeous whiteflowered cherry Prunus Shirotae has almost horizontal branches which will spread 25ft. While tall thin, pink-flowered P. Amanogawa, ...

Flowering between late March and mid-April, this flower has become so synonymous with spring, and can usually be found in both pink and white, with varieties like Prunus Kanzan and Prunus Shirotae ...

* Prunus Shirotae - Famed for its snowy white fragrant flowers, which are semi-double, measuring approximately 5cm wide - It is synonymous with Mount Fuji because of its similar colouring ...

This is also sold as ‘Shirotae.’ These grow 4 to 5 m (15 to 20 feet) high by about as wide after 10 years and like full sun and well-drained soil. Prunus x yedoensis ‘Akebono’ is a ...