cherry tree

     

Several, incluing: Prunus apetala Prunus avium (Wild/Sweet Cherry) Prunus campanulata Prunus canescens Prunus cerasifera Prunus cerasus (Sour Cherry) Prunus concinna Prunus conradinae Prunus dielsiana Prunus emarginata (Bitter Cherry) Prunus fruticosa Prunus ilicifolia Prunus incisa Prunus litigiosa Prunus mahaleb (Saint Lucie Cherry) Prunus maximowiczii Prunus nipponica Prunus pensylvanica (Pin Cherry) Prunus pilosiuscula Prunus rufa Prunus sargentii Prunus serrula Prunus serrulata (Japanese Cherry) Prunus speciosa Prunus subhirtella Prunus tomentosa (Nanking Cherry) Prunus x yedoensis (Yoshino Cherry)

Trivia about cherry tree

  • Poet A.E. Housman probably hadn't been to Washington when he called this the "loveliest of trees"
  • We cannot tell a lie; someone made up the story about George chopping down one of these trees
  • Parson Weems' 1806 biography of George Washington included the story of chopping down one of these trees
  • A gift from the Japanese, Prunus serrulata is one of the chief species of this tree planted at the Jefferson Memorial in 1912
  • A.E. Housman, "loveliest of trees," this now "is hung with bloom along the bow"

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