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PRUNUS
Commonly known as Cherry tree
The family of stone fruits, cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, and almonds, and a dazzling array of ornamentals, all within the greater rose family. In Japan sakura zensen (the cherry blossom front) is followed northwards and is a cause of much celebration.
Because cherry flowers bloom en masse and because of their ephemeral nature they can provide one of the best horticultural events of the year when even a modest tree can provide a snowstorm of petals, falling to cover the ground beneath.
Genus of more than 200 species of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs widely distributed in northern temperate regions and the mountains of southeastern Asia. Because of their food and ornamental value they have been transported to most parts of the world where some have become naturalised.
UK natives are P. avium, wild cherry, P. padus, bird cherry and P spinosa, blackthorn or sloe.
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Deciduous
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Evergreen
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Tree
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Zero Rated ItemNo VAT on this plantEdible fruited species
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Full sun -
Partial shadeEvergreens will tolerate partial shade -
Harmful if eatenThese will give you an upset tummy, so please don't eat any of these.Non-edible species
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Additional Features
Good to knowGrown for attractive white or pink flowers, bark colour, edible fruits, hedging, screening and ground cover
Pests & DiseasesAphids, caterpillars, bullfinches. Peach leaf curl, silver leaf, honey fungus, blossom wilt, bacterial canker.
Place of originWidely distributed in northern temperate regions, the Andes and mountains of south-east Asia -
Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soil
- Introduction
- Long established and widely grown Japanese flowering cherries
- Matsumae cherries
- Flowering cherries with other attributes
- Pruning drooping branches - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning overlapping branches - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Prunus 'Okame', 'Kursar' & conradinae - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Growing laurels
- Annual Pruning Laurel Hedge - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Hard Pruning Laurel Hedge - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Laurel Hedging
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant a tree
- Ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young trees - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Clearing up fallen beech tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning and Shaping Magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing wire protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of PRUNUS
FLOWERING CHERRIES
PRUNUS 'Amanogawa'
tight columnar habit and dense clusters of semi-double pale pink flowers
PRUNUS avium
spreading wild cherry tree
PRUNUS avium 'Plena'
double white flowered form
PRUNUS campanulatus 'Felix Jury'
deep pink flowers with yellow stamens
PRUNUS 'Collingwood Ingram'
small columnar tree with pink flowers in spring
PRUNUS x hillieri 'Spire'
conical habit with soft pink flowers in early spring
PRUNUS x incam 'Okamé'
(incisa x campanulata) - Plentiful carmine-pink flowers
PRUNUS 'Kanzan'
the most floriferous of the double pink cherries with vigorous and quick growing habit
PRUNUS 'Kiku-shidare-zakura'
deep pink double flowering cherry with weeping habit
PRUNUS 'Kursar'
new growth coppery. Single pink flowers. Small tree with spreading habit
PRUNUS maackii 'Amber Beauty'
shining amber or golden-brown peeling bark and small white flowers followed by black fruits
PRUNUS 'Pink Perfection'
one of the most attractive of all the cherries. Bright rosy pink buds opening paler pink, double
PRUNUS 'Royal Burgundy'
deep purple young foliage turning bronze in autumn. Double rose-pink flowers
PRUNUS rufa
rusty and hairy new shoots and clusters of pale pink flowers. The best aspect of this species is its peeling reddish-brown bark
PRUNUS sargentii
pale pink flowers with bronze red young foliage, brilliant autumn colours
PRUNUS serrula
beautiful polished mahogany coloured stems
PRUNUS 'Shimidsu'
('Shogetsu') - wide spreading branches and a flattened top to this attractive tree. Flowers are pink tinted in bud opening pure white all along the branches
PRUNUS 'Shirofugen'
pink in bud, changing to blush white, double
PRUNUS 'Shirotae'
(Mount Fuji) - large single or semi-double fragrant white flowers
PRUNUS 'Shosar'
clear pink flowers and excellent autumn colour. Fastigiate habit
PRUNUS x subhirtella 'Autumnalis'
white flowers, in flushes, between autumn and spring
PRUNUS x subhirtella 'Autumnalis Rosea'
pink flowering 'Autumn Cherry'
PRUNUS 'Tai Haku'
large single white flowers
PRUNUS 'Ukon'
semi-double, pale greenish white flowers
MATSUMAE FLOWERING CHERRIES
PRUNUS 'Beni-tamanishiki'
(Spring Snow) - red ball-like buds opening to double white with a hint of pink
PRUNUS 'Daikoku'
a vase-shaped tree with 34-36 petals in each double pink flower
PRUNUS 'Gyoiko'
bronze new leaves and cream or green double flowers
PRUNUS 'Hokusai'
pink buds opening semi-double white, highly scented
PRUNUS 'Horinji'
large single or semi-double white flowers with a hint of pink
PRUNUS 'Ichiyo'
(Pink Champagne) - pale pink double flowers with a leaf-like carpel in the centre of the flowers. Orange-red autumn colour
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