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quickly identified by its long, slender, campanulate calyx, and tapered flower buds, quite different from any form of Prunus Ă—yedoensis. Mature leaves suggest P. serrulata. It has no relation with 'Sendai-ito-zakura', a name for the 'Yae-beni-shidare' form of P. pendula. Shidare-yoshino is not clearly defined as a nursery product. Weeping mutants appear now and then among large-scale plantings of Prunus Ă—yedoensis and some are taken in cultivation, usually as 'Shidare-yoshino', 'Weeping Yoshino Cherry', or something like that. Most forms show an irregular or straggling tree shape, often with bare branches that have blossoms only at the end. For weeping cherries, one of the forms of P. pendula is usually a better choice.