Weeping Higan Cherry is a deciduous, grafted small tree that grows up to 40' tall. It has slender, pendulous branchlets. This plant is commonly grafted on Prunus avium rootstock. This plant is the most cold, heat, and stress tolerant cherry. It is easy to transplant and casts light shade. Wood splits easily with wind or ice and it is not smog tolerant. This tree is frequently damaged by deer. It also has viral and fungal disease problems and is susceptible to bores and scale. Form: Rounded crown; upright branching; wide spreading Growth Rate: Moderate to rapid Quick ID Hints: Deciduous weeping tree with pink spring flowers Leaves with large wart-like glands on petiole & blade margin Twigs andpetiole scabrate More information on Prunus x subhirtella .
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Often confused withPrunus cerasifera 'Atropurpurea'Prunus x subhirtellaPrunus x yedoensis
Fills a similar nicheNerium oleanderPrunus x subhirtella 'Pendula'Prunus x yedoensis
Full plant profile
Growing Conditions
Plant type
Perennial; Tree
Life cycle
Woody
USDA zones
4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil drainage
Good Drainage
Available space
12-24 feet
Mature size
Height: 20 ft. 0 in. - 40 ft. 0 in. | Width: 15 ft. 0 in. - 30 ft. 0 in.
Growth rate
Medium
Canopy layer
1 - Canopy (>40 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Rounded; Spreading
Texture
Medium
Foliage
Deciduous
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf shape
Lanceolate; Oblong; Ovate
Leaf margin
Doubly Serrate; Serrate
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Leaves are simple, alternate, ovate to lanceolate to oblong-ovate, acuminate, cuneate, and serrate to doubly serrate. Petioles are short, scabrate, bearing two or more large wart-like glands on the petiole apex, or more glands in intact with the blade base or on the blade margin near the base.
Flower color
Pink; White
Flower value
Showy
Flower form
Corymb
Flower detail
Flowers in fall, winter during warm spells, and early spring; rose colored buds open to soft pink single to semi-double flowers fading to almost white. Inflorescence is a congested corymb, pedicels are elongated, rachis is very short and gives the appearance of an umbel.
Bloom time
Fall; Spring; Winter
Fruit color
Black; Red/Burgundy
Fruit type
Drupe
Fruit value
Showy
Fruit size
< 1 inch long, < 1 inch wide
Fruit detail
Stone fruits are ovoid, less than an inch in diameter, and are red maturing to black.
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Unknown
Food & Medicine
Fruit type
Drupe
Landscape Use
Design feature
Flowering Tree; Small Tree
Garden tags
#showy flowers #heat tolerant #hardy #fantz #flowering tree #pink flowers #flowers early spring #small tree #deciduous tree #problem for dogs #problem for horses #problem for cats #frost tolerant
Problems & Resistance
Problems
Problem for Cats; Problem for Dogs; Problem for Horses