Can you tell us where this is geographically speaking?

if you go down the linked page.. you will see one reference of 12 to 18 inches .. another 12 to 24 inches ... that difference could be regional ... perhaps length of growing season ....

you will also note.. that size estimates are generally 10 times that number ... but trees never stop growing.. so it can go past those numbers ...

these rates are for fully established trees .. and you dont mention how large your transplant is ... so we dont know how long it will take to get settled in and fully established .... 1 to 3 years or so, generally ...

but that brings us to ask ... whats your hurry????

ken

almost forgot the link again .. lol

https://www.google.com/search?q=prunus+subhirtella+pendula+plena+rosea&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=prunus+subhirtella+pendula+plena+rosea+annual+groth+rate

I am in northern NJ zone 7a. Summers are brutally hot though. And Ken, I said that it was 6 feet when I planted it. Well I'm not exactly in a hurry but ever since I planted this tree in late may, I don't see any growth at all yet. So I was just wondering. I also want this tree to grow fast so it can provide shade to my evergreen azaleas. They get all day sun and I know thats not good for my azaleas. There used to be a huge tree right on the border of my neighbor's and our property which my neighbor took down so the sun is hitting my azaleas more now. I wonder how many years it will take to get to 15 feet...

With any luck your cherry is settling in and developing its roots. I think if it gets through a 'brutally hot' summer it will have done as much as you should expect of it in its first season. The growth rates Ken mentions would be for a healthy established tree. These are not large trees and even when several years old won't provide a massive amount of shade. They are pretty common over here and flower in the winter for us. The flowers are much smaller than cherries like Kanzan or even orchard cherries. In Summer they have a fairly airy canopy.

If conditions are right, and the tree is on its own roots, this will become a medium sized tree, growing 3-5' per year when young and reaching 30-40' tall and half as wide at maturity.

Blimey - perhaps we are talking about different trees? 40 feet? It is recommended for smaller gardens over here.

I wouldn't expect to see a lot of growth on this or most trees the year they are planted, especially this year with the heat and dry weather of the northeast, so if it still looks healthy, I would be happy. Hopefully it will grow good roots and start growing a bit more top growth next year.

How much growth depends on whether it is on its own roots or grafted since it is sold both ways. On its own roots it can grow fairly quickly and large. If it is grafted high to make a small weeping tree, it will be slower per my observations in the fields of a whole sale nursery on the property adjoining mine. After that, growth rate will depend on soil, sun, moisture and other such growing conditions such as if you remove grass from its root zone (will help), whether there is weed-n-feed spread within its root zone (will harm).

Floral, are yours perhaps grafted? Here they are sold both ways, but the grafted one grow slower and ultimately are much smaller than own root ones. It's not uncommon to see specimens where the understock has sprouted just below the graft on a standard, and it looks almost as though the tree is erupting, not to mention the distinct difference in leaves, habit, and blossoms. Grafted ones are also subject to a variety of ills that can shorten their lives, own root not so much. I much prefer own root, to me the standards look stiff and artificial, but that's me lol.

A mature, healthy weeping cherry is an elegant thing. The tree tends to be somewhat open, with long streamer-like flexible branches that sway in the breeze, much like a weeping willow.

I like weeping cherry, but just when they start to look good they die from disease. You better be spraying it!

Mmm, my favourite cherry by a long way (although p.serrula comes close)...but 20 foot counts as a fair sized specimen. This little cherry was the very first maiden tree I planted in my woods, taking 3 whole years to establish (in my dry woodland) but has started to fill out in year 4. Not the weeping variety - just subhirtella autumnalis in white. A couple near my house were also slow off the blocks but grew at an astonishing rate (2' or so) after the first few years.

My autumnalis grows MUCH slower than my pendula, both are own root.