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Kanzan Flowering Cherry
Prunus serrulata ‘Kanzan’
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Kanzan Flowering Cherry - Prunus serrulata ‘Kanzan’
Few deciduous trees carry as much blossom for their size as ‘Kanzan’, which loads bare branches with heavy double pink flowers before a single leaf appears. Prunus serrulata ‘Kanzan’ holds a stiff upright vase shape while young and broadens into a rounded head with age, which is why it is chosen over the weeping cherries where a formal avenue or a strong lawn specimen is wanted. It needs genuine winter chill, so it performs in Melbourne, Tasmania, Canberra, the tablelands and the Adelaide Hills rather than warm coastal Queensland.
Why Kanzan Flowering Cherry
Flower Density: The double rose pink blooms hang in clusters of two to five and cover the entire framework for two to three weeks in spring.
Vase to Dome Habit: Young trees are narrow and upright, which suits driveways, while mature trees spread into a broad canopy over lawn.
Bronze New Growth: Leaves emerge coppery bronze behind the flowers and mature to mid green through summer.
Autumn Colour: Foliage turns amber and orange before falling, giving a second season of interest in cool districts.
Cold Hardiness: Frost hardy and dependable in the cold inland gardens where many ornamental trees sulk.
Ideal Applications
Formal Avenue: Matched pairs down a drive give a uniform blossom tunnel because the cultivar is grafted and consistent.
Lawn Specimen: A single tree set in open turf shows the layered branch structure once the leaves drop.
Blossom Walk: Planted in a run along a path it delivers three weeks of overhead colour at eye level.
Heritage and Cottage Gardens: The traditional Japanese cherry form suits period houses in cool climate suburbs.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 4 to 5m for a close blossom row, though this is not a hedging tree
Spacing (feature/avenue): 6 to 8m
Best Planting Season: Autumn through to late winter while the tree is dormant
Soil & Drainage: Deep free draining loam, neutral to slightly acid; will not tolerate waterlogging or compacted clay
Establishment Care: Water deeply once or twice a week through the first two summers rather than lightly and often, so roots follow the moisture down. Keep a 75mm layer of coarse mulch across the root zone but clear of the trunk, and avoid digging under the canopy because the shallow roots resent disturbance.
Plant Details
Height: 6 to 9m
Width: 5 to 8m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun, at least six hours daily for reliable flower set
Native to: Japan, where the species has been cultivated for centuries
Flower Colour: Deep rose pink, fully double
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
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Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
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How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







