{"product_id":"cheals-double-pink-weeping-cherry-prunus-serrulata-cheals-double-pink","title":"Cheals Double Pink Weeping Cherry - Prunus serrulata Cheals Double Pink","description":"\u003cp\u003eThin branches dropping straight down, hung with single flowers: that is the usual weeping cherry, and Cheals Double Pink has neither. Each blossom is fully double, so crammed with petals that it looks like a small pink pompom, and the flowers crowd along the hanging stems in mid spring, later than the single flowered weepers and usually as the first leaves unfold. The branches are thicker and stiffer as well. They arch out from the top of the stem and then turn down, so the crown reads as a layered umbrella rather than a fountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the flowers are double they hold on the branch longer than singles do, and they set little or no fruit, so there are no cherries for birds to scatter over paving. It is also a small tree. Bought as a grafted standard, it gains width far more than height, so it fits a large tub or a courtyard bed as readily as a lawn, provided the umbrella has room to widen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere the double flowers open heaviest\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheals needs a real winter to flower heavily, which suits Victoria and the cool ranges of New South Wales; on the humid coast it grows, but the blossom is sparse and spotted leaves fall early in a wet summer. Give it full sun for the densest bloom. The soil has to drain. In heavy clay, plant it high on a broad mound rather than in a dug pit that fills with water after rain. Soak the root zone weekly in dry summer weather for the first few years; after that it needs help mainly in long heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow it differs from the single pink weepers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe single pink weeper it is most often compared with is \u003ca href=\"\/products\/weeping-pink-cherry-prunus-subhirtella-pendula-rosea\"\u003ePrunus subhirtella Pendula Rosea\u003c\/a\u003e. Pendula Rosea flowers earlier, in pale pink singles on long, whippy branches that drop almost vertically and can sweep the ground. Cheals flowers later, in heavier and deeper pink clusters, on a frame that holds its line more stiffly and often grows a little lopsided unless it is trained. If white suits the planting better than pink, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/prunus-snow-fountain-prunus-snofozam\"\u003ePrunus Snow Fountain\u003c\/a\u003e fills the same small weeping footprint. For pink spring flower on trees and shrubs that do not weep, browse \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flowering\"\u003eFlowering Plants\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShaping the head and the problems to watch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune in the dry fortnight after the petals drop, never in a wet winter. The work is small: remove branches that cross back through the middle, shorten stems trailing on the ground to an upward or outward facing bud so the new growth arches out before it falls, and thin a crowded side to even up the outline. Cheals is budded high on a clear stem, so anything leafy sprouting between the ground and the head is rootstock; take it off at its base the day you see it. By midsummer, pear and cherry slug may have grazed the upper surface of some leaves down to a brown, papery skeleton; on a head this small they can be wiped off by hand. Gum bleeding from a branch is often the first sign of bacterial canker, which means cutting the affected wood out well below the damage. A handful of slow release fertiliser as the leaves break is enough. Clippings are the part to manage: cherry leaves turn poisonous to grazing animals as they wilt, so bag the cut stems the same day rather than leaving them where horses or goats feed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 300mm up to 200L, priced from $139.00 to $1889.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/best-trees-for-small-backyards-australia\"\u003echoosing a tree for a small backyard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":67670609658225,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":67670610215281,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"600mm","offer_id":67670610248049,"sku":null,"price":799.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":67670610280817,"sku":null,"price":1889.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/cheals-double-pink-weeping-cherry-prunus-serrulata-cheals-double-pink.jpg?v=1791514335","url":"https:\/\/plantdrop.com.au\/products\/cheals-double-pink-weeping-cherry-prunus-serrulata-cheals-double-pink","provider":"Plant Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}