Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Tree

Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Treebute Kit - A Breathtaking Symbol of Renewal that Blooms Each Spring

Each Treebute Kit is a complete memorial tree kit designed to be planted at home - a hands-on ritual that many people find grounding and healing during grief. When words fall short, using your hands to plant and care for something living can bring a quiet sense of comfort and forward movement. As your tree grows and blooms each spring, it becomes a place to pause, remember, and find comfort in the beauty of renewal.

Why You’ll Love the Kwanzan Cherry

• Spring Beauty: Double pink blooms burst open before the leaves emerge. For two glorious weeks, your tree becomes a breathtaking cloud of pink, creating a natural annual tribute. creating a stunning annual moment of remembrance.
• Symbol of Renewal: In Japanese culture, cherry blossoms represent renewal, the beauty of impermanence, and the preciousness of each moment. This is the same variety that lines the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. - a gift of friendship from Japan that has inspired millions. 
• Year-Round Beauty: Beyond spring's spectacular bloom, the Kwanzan offers bronze-red leaves that emerge in spring, mature to glossy green in summer, and transform to warm orange and bronze in autumn. Even in winter, its graceful vase-shaped silhouette adds elegant structure to your landscape.
• Graceful & Mess-Free: Unlike fruit-bearing cherries, the Kwanzan is sterile and produces no messy fruit. You get all the spectacular blossoms without any cleanup - just pure beauty, season after season.
• Hardy & Adaptable: Thriving in USDA zones 5-9, the Kwanzan is surprisingly adaptable. It tolerates various soil types and handles both heat and humidity once established. This is a tree that wants to grow and bloom for you.
  

Your Complete Kit Includes

✓ Young, healthy Kwanzan Flowering Cherry tree, shipped ready to plant
✓ Your choice of planter
✓ Your choice of Treebute® organic soil blend or compost
✓ Step-by-step planting guide
✓ Care card with ongoing guidance

Everything arrives together, ready to plant.

Nurturing Your Memorial Tree:

• Light: Choose a spot with full sun - at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily for the best blooms.
• Water: Water deeply when the top inch of soil feels dry - typically once or twice weekly during the first year. Once established, your tree becomes more drought-tolerant.
• Space: Allow 20-25 feet from structures for your tree to reach its full, graceful form (25-30 feet tall and wide at maturity).

That’s it: This tree thrives with consistent care, especially in its first season. 

Each moment caring for your tree - watering, watching the spring buds swell, seeing the first blossoms unfurl -  becomes a quiet act of remembrance.

Optional: Plant with Cremation Ashes

For those wishing to incorporate cremation ashes, your kit includes the option to add our Treebute® organic soil blend. This specially formulated mixture creates a safe, nurturing foundation for your tree - transforming ashes into living growth.

Your tree is meaningful with or without ashes - this is simply another way to honor someone you love.

A Living Memorial That Grows With You

Finding a meaningful way to honor someone you love can feel overwhelming. The Kwanzan Flowering Cherry offers something extraordinary - a living expression of love that announces itself in spectacular pink each spring, reminding you that beauty and renewal are part of the cycle of life.

When the blossoms appear, you'll have a reason to pause, to remember, and to celebrate a life well-loved. And when the petals gently fall - as cherry blossoms do - you'll be reminded of what Japanese poets have known for centuries: that the most beautiful things are precious precisely because they don't last forever.

The act of planting creates meaning. The spring blooms create joy. The tree creates a place to remember.