I have an area in my garden where I would like to plant a cherry blossom (Prunus). However there are telephone and power wires above so I would like the tree to reach no more than 15 feet in maturity. Are there any dwarf or smaller growing varieties?
Here are two suggestions for smaller flowering cherry trees, from a list in Trees & Shrubs for Pacific Northwest Gardens (2nd ed.) by John A. Grant and Carol L. Grant (Timber Press, 1990):
- Prunus serrulata ‘Shogetsu’ reaches 15 feet tall, by 22 feet wide.
- Prunus x ‘Hally Jolivette’ reaches about 15 feet.
Here is an article by Wayne Winterrowd in Horticulture Magazine (May 1, 2007) with additional information about this tree, which he refers to as the “loveliest of trees,” and the best of the flowering cherries.