Sargent’s cherry has showy pink flowers in early spring and attractive, shiny brown bark. Like most trees with conspicuous spring flowers, it needs a full-sun site. “It’s not immune to all ...

Black cherry trees (Prunus serotina ... conditions as black cherry and add texture with their distinctive bark and leaves.

But he was wrong: The dye had been extracted from the rough bark of cherry trees. And Shimura also told him that this shade of pink could be produced only just before the flowers were starting to ...