March/early April flowering commemorative tree planting.

[Gary Prentice]

I'll apologise first for being lazy and not doing research myself, I've a ton of office work today so I'm looking to the collective wisdom of AT to help me out.

 

I'm looking for a fastigiate cherry to will flower, ideally at the end of March, to plant. The site is fairly exposed at an elevation of 230m above sea level, in Saddleworth, Lancs.

 

It would be planted near a south-facing wall in full sun. I don't know the soil type or ph yet, but there are cherries that are thriving in the locality.

 

The clients pretty set on a cherry that flowers in March as she lost both her son and mother on the same day at the end of march and want to plant this to commemorate this.

 

I knew I should have bought the Japanese Cherry book that Kveldssanger recommended.