‘Fragrant Snow’ Japanese Flowering Apricot

Prunus mume ‘Fragrant Snow’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9a Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Flowering Tree

Height at Maturity: 15-20′

Width at Maturity: 10-15′

Spacing: 20’+ for space between trees

Flower Color: White to Blush Pink

Flower Size: 1 to 1.25″

Flowering Period: Mid Winter – January in our Zone 8a gardens in Georgia

Flower Type: Double

Fragrant Flowers: Yes, very fragrant! Clove fragrance.

Foliage Color: Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full Sun to Part Shade

Water Needs: Average,

Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay for good drainage), Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.0 to 6.0 (Slightly Acid to Neutral)

Maintenance / Care: Low to Average

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Erosion, Black Walnut

Description

Truly a winter wonder, ‘Fragrant Snow’ is a very rare Japanese Flowering Apricot cultivar adored for her spectacular and abundant display of highly fragrant, showy double white blossoms that nearly cover the naked stems in mid winter. The tree in our Zone 8a gardens blooms in January. A site to behold when little to nothing else is blooming in the gardens! Our tree is maybe 15 feet tall and 10 to 12 feet wide after 10 years and might reach 20 feet or so at maturity. One of those rare beauties to delight the senses that deserves a spot in every garden where it will grow. USDA Zones 6a to 9b.

This magnificent tree is a larval host plant to the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly. You may see three flights from February through November in the deep South and two flights from May to September in the north.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 15 to 20 tall and 10 to 15 feet wide, the ‘Fragrant Snow’ Japanese Flowering Apricot is ideal for use as a specimen in smaller garden spaces or in groupings or rows in larger landscape borders. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, white theme gardens, butterfly gardens, bird gardens and cottage gardens.

Growing Preferences

The Japanese Flowering Apricot is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained acidic soil of average fertility and full sun to light shade. Moderate drought tolerance when established. We suggest at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. No pruning is necessary however responds well to it for size control and shaping purposes.

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The tree arrived looking very good. I plan to plant it this weekend.——————————————–Thanks for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG