The Okamé cherry is a small, early-blooming cherry with delicate, deep pink blooms. The Okamé is a hybrid species of cherry coming from Prunus incisa (Fuji cherry) and Prunus campanulata (Taiwan or bellflower cherry), first bred by ornithologist, gardener, plant collector, and cherry blossom world authority Collingwood “Cherry” Ingram.

Congressional Cemetery’s Okamé cherries were planted in 2004 as part of the creation of the 9/11 Memorial Trail.

FAMILY: Rosaceae
NATIVE STATUS: Non-Native
NATIVE RANGE: East Asia [Cultivar first bred in England] FOLIAGE: Deciduous
MAX. HEIGHT: 26 ft.
MAX. AGE: 50 yrs.

Stop #27 on the Congressional Tree Walk

26 - Yoshino Cherry

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