Monrovia Pink Dwarf Red Leaf Sand Cherry Flowering Shrub

Small black fruit follows the flowers in summer. It was derived from prunus cerasifera purple leaf plum and prunus pumila sand cherry.

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Monrovia pink dwarf red leaf sand cherry flowering shrub

Plant where it s full form can be appreciated without distractions. Up to 5 tall and wide. While there is seldom a large crop the small sour fruit may be used in preserves and pies.

This truly compact improved sand cherry has a great upright and spreading habit with dense branching from the ground up and very clean red purple to maroon colored foliage that does not fade during the summer. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. Small black fruit follows the flowers in summer.

A beautiful accent plant as either a multi branched or a single trunk specimen. While there is seldom a large crop the small sour fruit may be used in preserves and pies. Deciduous evergreen herbaceous semi evergreen.

Design ideas this is the quintessential cherry for the japanese garden but it s equally as well suited to the western traditional landscape. Enchanted forest impish elf lily of the valley shrub zone. Stay safe and healthy.

The botanical name of this shrub is prunus x cistena. The fruit is sour but typically eaten fresh or cooked into jams and jellies. Prunus is latin for plum while cistena is the sioux word for baby referring to its dwarf size.

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