Okame CherryOkame' is the VERY EARLIEST Cherry to flower in our area Great profusions of delicate, CARMINE PINK flowers in late February, right before leaves emerge in mid March. Mike Dirr writes that 'Okame' flowers are the most handsome of all the ornamental cherries. Shiny, reddish brown bark is beautiful year round and leaves turn a gorgeous bronze to orange red before dropping for winter.