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narrow sepals. The corymb is compact, due to the short flower stalks, and it may have up to five, occasionally even six, flowers in compact clusters. Prunus 'Edo-zakura' Less current synonyms: Edo, Edozakura, 'Nobilis', Yedo, Yedo-zakura,Yedozakura Description: Tree broad and vase-shaped. Young foliage light bronze-green (RHS 152-B, C). Serration single or double, with small pink-red glands. Stipules medium divided, 1318 mm long. Corymbose inflorescence, with four to five or even six flowers. Peduncles fairly short, 0.92.0 cm long. Pedicels 1.52.5 cm long. Flower in bud pink-red, becoming very light pink (RHS 65-D) to almost white when completely opened. Flower 4.04.5 cm in diameter, opening fluffy, occasionally to a flat plane, always a little disorderly but never remaining with folded petals in the heart. Petals twelve to fifteen or even twentytwo, of variable shape, slightly emarginate at the top, 1722 Ă— 1317 mm. Pistil one, occasionally 2, perfect (rarely phylloid), 89 mm long, about as long as or a little longer than the longest stamens. The calyx is campanulate, 7 Ă— 4 mm, with a faint purple tinge; there is a distinct transition from pedicel to calyx. Sepals are elongated and triangular, 67 Ă— 2.53 mm, unserrated, occasionally with an extra sepal. Flowering season is from late April to early May. 'Edo-zakura' has a diploid set of chromosomes (2n = 16). 'Fudan-zakura' The name 'Fudan-zakura' is literally translated as "cherry-without-interruption" (sakurafu-dan) and refers to the flowers that may appear almost continuously from November to April. The "ever-flowering" cherry inspired Miyoshi to name it Prunus serrulata f. semperflorens in 1916. Subsequent Japanese sources give it as P. lannesiana 'Fudanzakura'. In regions or periods with milder winters the flowering season starts with some flowers between the autumn-colored leaves, something highly appreciated by ikebana flower arrangers. A 'Fudan-zakura' is named in the early nineteenth-century plant list of the garden Yokuon-en. This plant was probably propagated from a famous specimen, now legally preserved as a natural monument, in the temple compound of Kannon-ji, Shirako, Suzuka, in Mie Prefecture. This fabulous tree blooms from late November