Cherry Blossom - where to start?

[DD2017]

I'm completely new to all things garden.

One of my favourite things as a child was the cherry blossom tree we had in our front garden.

It grew to around 6ft, the branches drooped over slightly which made it dome shaped (as far as I remember it) and had pink blossom.

My front garden is approximately 4m x 4m and I'd love to plant one in the middle with complementary flowers around the base. (One that doesn't grow too tall or wide).

Any guidance would be most appreciated on every aspect:

• which tree do I choose (who knew there were so many!)
• how do I plant it? (garden is grass)
• how do I care for it?
• what flowers would be pretty and grow well at the base?

Just bumping up your thread so that somebody else can advise
I have 2 pink cherry blossom trees, but they are young and already way taller than 6 feet. I have a white and is the shape you describe, but you want pink.
Somebody posted a beautiful picture on the pictures thread of a February flowering pink cherry - okame, I think.

For flowers at the base, I plant things like bluebells & crocus'. Summer flowers won't do well at the base of trees, as they need sun (I think)!!

Bluebells and crocuses would be perfect thank you...
I've been doing some research and seem to have narrowed it to a shogetsu, accolade or another that would suit better.
I think I'm looking for a weeping dwarf with pink flowers?
Thoughts on these 2 or the Pendula Rubra would be appreciated

Ooh I love cherry blossoms - what a lovely memory to have.

I have a Cheals Weeping Cherry Blossom Tree / Prunus Kiku-shidare-zakura. I got it as a bare root tree from Primrose just over a year ago. It's about 5ft high, slow growing. It is supposed to be one of the smaller flowering cherries but also you can prune it to keep it to the size that you want. Beautiful double pink flowers and slightly dome shaped.

It likes sun. When you plant it clear the grass away from around the base of it.

In addition to the plants mentioned, foxgloves also love the shade from trees and will flower in late summer when the tree is in leaf.

I've been after one of these for ages but I never know what kind to buy.

Oh I was just googling dwarf cherry blossom trees. Saw the wee 3ft on on primrose that says it doesn't grow big and can stay in a pot, which is ideal for my garden, but it's white haha and I'd prefer pink.. Haha