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However, weeping cherry trees were misunderstood as wild species in the past and were given scientific names before Edo higan. Itosakura, the scientific name for weeping cherry, has also been applied to the scientific name of Edo higan, the type species of this species, because the scientific name given earlier has priority. [4]
Weeping Higan Cherry trees are rather prone to problems, particularly in dry soil. A type of bacterium can cause leaf spots and twig cankers. Small, reddish spots dry and drop out. A fungus can cause reddish spots which drop out leaving shot holes. Once the holes appear the leaves may fall from the tree and the disease is worse in wet weather.
The name comes from the fact that only one pistil is changed like a leaf, and ichi (一) means 'one' and yo (葉) means' leaf'. In the Japanese climate, it is one of the cultivars that are likely to become the largest tree among the double-flowered cherry trees derived from Oshima cherry. [15] Award of Garden Merit. 'Shirotae'. Mt. Fuji Cherry.
Weeping Atlas Cedar Golden weeping willow: Salix Sepulcralis Group 'Chrysocoma' Weeping trees are trees characterized by soft, limp twigs. [1] This characterization may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground. While weepyness occurs in nature, most weeping trees are cultivars. [1]
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Dwarf cherry as a name has been used for at least three species of small cherry trees: Prunus cerasus; Prunus fruticosa; Prunus pumila; An unrelated Australian tree with cherry-like fruit: Exocarpus strictus; Cultivars of the sour cherry Prunus cerasus that are grafted onto dwarfing rootstocks.
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The tree is 12 metres (39 ft) high, the trunk circumference is 9.5 metres (31 ft), the east-west spread is 22 metres (72 ft), and the north-south spread is 18 metres (59 ft). It is classified as one of the five great cherry trees of Japan (日本五大桜) and one of the three giant cherry trees of Japan (日本三巨大桜).