The flowering period is slightly late that it begins around the beginning of spring. The color of the flowers is from pale red to white. The more you look into the core of the flower the darker the color. The size of the flower is medium or small with a diameter of 2 to 3 cm. When the flowers bloom the leaves open as well. As a tree it does not grow huge roughly the size of small or medium trees. The maximum height is 5 to 10 m. In typical cases of Japanese alpine cherry the hairs grow near the stems of leaves and calyx of flowers but this species does not have this characteristic. Alternate leaves and broadly elliptic. The top of the leaf extends out like a tail. The edges are uneven. Leaves turn red and fall in autumn.