Japanese Flowering Cherries
By Wybe Kuitert with Arie Peterse.
Publisher: Timber Press Portland Oregon c1999, 395 pages, hardcover.
ISBN: 0-88192-468-7
Table of Contents
Foreword by Roy Lancaster 9
Preface 13
Acknowledgments 17
About Japanese Cherry Names 19
Chapter 1 The Natural and Cultural History of Japan's Flowering Cherries
21
The Native Habitat of Japanese Flowering Cherries 21
Wild Flowering Cherries of Japan 25
The Unknown Origin of Japanese Garden Cherries 30
Human Activity and Flowering Cherries 34
The Borders of Civilization 37
Aristocratic Plants in the Capital of Peace 44
Contact with the Eastern Provinces: More Garden Cherries 49
Cherries for Townspeople--From Shogun to Commoners 53
Early Cherry Collectors 61
The Nation's Flower 68
Rare Garden Cherries Brought to Light 70
Japan's Cherries to the West 72
Cherry Diplomacy 81
A Botanist's Discussion 84
Optimism in Cherry History 90
The Second World War 94
The Cherry after the Second World War 98
Chapter 2 Cultivating and Propagating Cherries 101
Hardiness 101
Light, Air, and Moisture Requirements 102
Pruning 104
Vegetative and Sexual Propagation 105
Rootstock 105
Budding, Chip-Budding, and Grafting 108
Striking Cherries from Cuttings 115
Chapter 3 Observing and Classifying Cherries 117
Petals 118
Pistils and Stamens 120
Flowers 120
Inflorescences and Flower Stalks 126
Leaves and Stipules 129
Sepals 134
Calyx 137
Fruits 138
Time of Flowering 139
Tree Shape 140
Buds and Twigs in Winter 142
Classification Key 144
Chapter 4 Japanese Wild Cherries 151
Prunus campanulata, Bell-flowered Cherry 151
Prunus incisa, Fuji Cherry 153
Prunus nipponica, Japanese Alpine Cherry 162
Prunus pendula, Weeping Spring Cherry 168
Prunus pendula f. ascendens, Edo-higan 172
Prunus sargentii 178
Prunus serrulata var. pubescens 180
Prunus serrulata var. speciosa, Oshima Cherry 184
Prunus serrulata var. spontanea, Japanese Mountain Cherry 189
Prunus Xsubhirtella 192
Prunus Xyedoensis, Somei-yoshino 195
Chapter 5 Japanese Garden Cherries 203
Prunus serrulata `Albo Plena' 205
`Ama-no-gawa' 206
`Arashiyama' 209
`Ariake' 212
`Asano' 216
`Baigoji-juzukake-zakura' 220
`Bendono' 222
`Botan-zakura' 224
`Choshu-hizakura' 226
`Daikoku' 229
`Edo-zakura' 232
`Fudan-zakura' 234
`Fugenzo' 236
`Fukurokuju' and `Hokusai' 244
`Goza-no-ma-nioi' 249
`Hakusan-hata-zakura' 254
`Hoki-zakura' 257
`Horinji' 258
`Ichihara-tora-no-o' and `Tora-no-o' 262
`Ichiyo' 266
`Imose' 270
`Ito-kukuri' 273
`Jo-nioi' 277
`Kanzan' 281
`Kenroku-en-kiku-zakura' 285
`Kiku-shidare-zakura' 291
`Kiku-zakura' 293
`Mikuruma-gaeshi' 298
`Ojochin' 300
`Okiku-zakura' 303
`Oshokun' 305
`Pink Perfection' 308
`Shibayama' 312
`Shirotae' 316
`Shogetsu' 318
`Shujaku' 322
`Sumizome' 324
`Tagui-arashi' 328
`Tai-haku' 330
`Taizan-fukun' 333
`Takasago' 337
`Taki-nioi' 340
`Taoyame' 342
`Ukon' 346
`Washi-no-o' 352
`Yae-akebono' 354
`Yae-murasaki-zakura' 356
`Yokihi' 359
Appendix 1 Metric System Tables 363
Appendix 2 Cherry Names in Japanese 364
Glossary 369
Bibliography 372
Cherry Name Index 381
General Index 391
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this book: Japanese flowering cherry, Prunus, Rosaceae.
Document reviewed 2011 November 23