Prunus tomentosa
Nanking Cherry

 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Pink (Pale pink fading to white (0.5" dia.) in mid-April; fragrant)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Spring/summer)
 Fruit Notes:
Red (Scarlet fruits (0.33") appear in June-July and are edible)
 Ultimate Height:
6-10 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
15 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Requires good, well-drained soil
 Range:
Eastern Asia
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (2-3" long, 0.75-1.5" wide) are elliptic enequally serrate, rugose, dark green and pubescent above, densely villous beneath. Stems also densely villous (long, soft, unmatted hairs).
  Special Characteristics:
  • Flowering Characteristics 392
  • Border 368
  • Mass Plantings 268
  • Specimen 598
  • Wind Break/Barrier 9
  • Drought Tolerant 275
  • Wind Tolerant 25
  • Fast Growth Rate 225

    • Additional Information

    Among earliest of Prunus to flower. Subject to the troubles of other cherries (fireblight, etc.), but less so than some. Leaf spot in wet seasons. Often short-lived.

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