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Figure 118 'Hakusan-hata-zakura'. Photo by author, 13 April 1997, Yuti * Experimental Station of the Flower Association of Japan, Ibaraki Prefecture.
the longest stamens. The calyx is campanulate, 89 × 4 mm, with a distinct transition from pedicel to calyx, almost green. Sepals are elongated and triangular, 8 × 3 mm, unserrated. Flowering season is early May. 'Hoki-zakura' Hoki-zakura means "broom-cherry." A hoki* is a broom made of twigs bound tightly together on the stick, and that is indeed what 'Hoki-zakura' looks like in winter. This form of 'Taizan-fukun' has a slender calyx and smaller, less intensely pink flowers. In Japanese sources it is given as Prunus ×miyoshii Ohwi 'Miyoshii'. It has about thirty petals, or about half the number of 'Taizan-fukun', and abundant blossoms that, like those of 'Taizan-fukun', remain on the tree for a long time. Prunus 'Hoki-zakura' Synonym: Prunus ×miyoshii Ohwi 'Miyoshii' Description: Tree rather narrow and vase-shaped, with many thin branches, to 4 m high. Young foliage bronze-green to green, already unfolded in the flowering season. Serration clearly double and regular, without