General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 8 to 15 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 8 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Other: Green, turning golden-yellow and orange in fall
Fruit: Other: Small black inedible drupes
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Uses: Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Snow Fountains®
Cultivar name: 'Snofozam'
Common names
  • Weeping Japanese Cherry
  • Weeping Higan Cherry
  • Weeping Cherry
Also sold as:
  • 'White Fountain'

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-03-25
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 03-27-2004
Weeping Japanese Cherry (Prunus Snow Fountains®) 001
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 03-27-2019
Weeping Japanese Cherry (Prunus Snow Fountains®) 001
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-03-29
Location: Simpsonville, SC
Date: 2010-02-12
Location: Simpsonville, SC
Date: May 31, 2013
The branches extend from the upper trunk of the tree to the groun
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-04-11
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-03-29
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-05-01
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-03-20
Location: Simpsonville, SC
Date: March 23, 2010
Newly planted around 2010
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-04-17
After the buds have fallen out
Location: Sunriver Gardens, Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-03-20
Location: Mobot, St L. (Missouri Botanical Garden)
Date: 2017-08-09

Camera can't capture the beauty of this blooming in early spring
Location: Michigan
Location: Simpsonville, SC
Date: March 24, 2010
Note the characteristic weeping branches.
Location: Simpsonville, SC
Date: March 24, 2010
Viewing trunk bark from ground to sky.
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 03-27-2004
Weeping Japanese Cherry (Prunus Snow Fountains®) 003
Location: Virginia Beach
Date: 2017-03-27
Weeping Cherry Perfection
Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2009-04-16
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-03-29
Location: By my shed in Jim Falls,Wi.
Date: June 21.2012
Can hardly wait to get out of this pot and spread my roots.
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Location: Mobot, St L. (Missouri Botanical Garden)
Date: 2017-08-09
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-04-16
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-04-16
Location: Virginia Beach
Date: 2017-03-27
Perfection from the side
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2010-03-29
Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2009-04-16
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Catmint20906 On April 10, 2015 Bloomed
SinfulChk On March 29, 2017 Obtained plant
Picking up today!! I'm so excited. Will post pics asap :)
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