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    PRUNUS
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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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    • Good to know
      Grown for attractive white or pink flowers, bark colour, edible fruits, hedging, screening and ground cover
    • Place of origin
      Widely distributed in northern temperate regions, the Andes and mountains of south-east Asia
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
    • Tree
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    Varieties

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    • PRUNUS tenella 'Fire Hill'
    Suckering shrub with brilliant rose-red flowers. The most attractive of all the dwarf almonds and ideal for growing in a heather bed
     
    Bush
    £30.00
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    PRUNUS triloba 'Rosenmund'
    (syn. ‘Korros’) - Double pink flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £20.00
    PRUNUS laurocerasus
    Common laurel
    excellent for hedging even in shade
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £12.50
    PRUNUS laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'
    Common laurel
    Low growing compact shrub with shiny green leaves
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
    PRUNUS lusitanica
    Portugal laurel
    long racemes of scented white flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £12.50
    PRUNUS lusitanica subsp. azorica
    Large, red-stalked, glossy dark green leaves
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.00
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    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
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