Prunus serrulata  ‘Shiro-fugen’            Rosaceae

Shiro-fugen Flowering Cherry               PROO-nus ser-u-LAH-ta

• Deciduous tree, 15-20 ft (4.5-6 m); spreading, flat-topped habit, branches may arch downward.  Leaves crimson flushed bronze when young.  Flowers small, double, on long peduncle/pedicels, loose clusters, pink in bud and white when open, fading to pink-mauve with darker center, bracts often leaf like.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 5
• 'Shiro-fugen' or 'Shirofugen' is probably an export name synonymous with 'Fugenzo'.   The Japanese word fungenso means "Fugen-elephant", referring to the white elephant (zo), which, in Buddest paintings and sculpture was ridden by Saint Fugen (Kuitert, 1999).
• Oregon State Univ. campus: near the Biddle statue, northeast of the Memorial Union; south of Fairbanks.