Download Mount Fuji Cherry Tree Shirotae PNG. Prunus 'shirotae' is a ornamental cherry with a mass of white flowers in spring. Growing to a width of 10m (30ft) it has a flat topped appearance.
Mount fuji, highest mountain in japan. 'shirotae' _ 'shirotae' is a compact, spreading, deciduous tree with horizontal branches bearing elliptic, toothed, dark green leaves turning yellow, orange, and red in autumn. Like all japanese cherry trees, prunus serrulata shirotae prefers to be grown in a free draining soil.
If there's one cherry tree you must make room for in your garden, it is prunus shirotae, or the mount fuji cherry.
It blooms before the leaves in mid april with large, single or semi double, pure white flower with a sweet fragrance. Previousprunus 'shimidsu sakura' nextprunus 'tai haku' (great white cherry). It is an active volcano, sitting on a triple junction of the kami of mount fuji is princess konohanasakuya, whose symbol is the cherry blossom. Mount fuji is the tallest mountain in japan, standing at 3,776 meters (12,380 feet).