Prunus 'First Lady' /First Lady Flowering Cherry

Spring flowers the first year after planting
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Scientific Name:	Prunus 'First Lady'
Common Name:	First Lady Flowering Cherry
Plant Type:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Broadleaf
Hardiness Zone:	7, 8, 9 Determine Your Zone
Height:	15-20 feet
Spread:	10 - 15 feet
Bloom time:	Spring
Flower color:	Pink
Fruit present:	Spring
Fruit color:	Red
Light Exposure:	Sun
Drainage:	Well drained, Moist
Rate of Growth:	Fast
Water Requirement:	Medium
Maintenance Level:	Low
Susceptible to insects and diseases:	Yes

Comments:	First Lady is an upright growing hybrid between Okami and Taiwan cherry. Because of its very columnar growth, it can fit into small, narrow spaces in the landscape. It is used as a specimen or accent plant and comes into flower in late winter, about two weeks after the Taiwan and as the same time as Okami. June beetles can eat most of the leaves off the plants in just a few nights. Since they eat the leaves at night, many are puzzled as to what is doing it and wrongly suspect that it is catapillars.