Nanking Cherry Bush FOR SALE | Prunus tomentosa

Prunus tomentosa

Nanking Cherry Bush, Manchu Cherry, Downy Cherry

Main interest:: edible fruit, showy flowers
Exposure:: full sun to partial shade
Flower colour:: white to pink, early spring
Foliage:: green, fuzzy, pointy, turns yellow in the fall
USDA Hardiness:: zone 2: -45.6 ° C (-50 ° F) View Zone Map
Mature height & width:: height: 8 ft (2.4 m) width: 6 ft (1.8 m)
Use:: orchard, edible landscape, general garden use, hedges, screening, mass planting

Nanking Cherry, or Prunus tomentosa is a native species that produces an abundance of excellent juicing, and jelly fruits in mid-summer. Mix with crab apples for a sweet treat. Has beautiful, fragrant pink flowers in early spring, before the leaves appear. It is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub that is relatively round in form. Green foliage turns yellow in the fall. In mid-summer edible fruits develop in the form of cherry red drupes. Shrubs are somewhat self-fruitful, though yields are increased with cross pollination. This is a high maintenance variety that requires pruning after flowering. Great for attracting birds to your yard.

Main interest:: edible fruit, showy flowers
Exposure:: full sun to partial shade
Flower colour:: white to pink, early spring
Foliage:: green, fuzzy, pointy, turns yellow in the fall
USDA Hardiness:: zone 2: -45.6 ° C (-50 ° F) View Zone Map
Mature height & width:: height: 8 ft (2.4 m) width: 6 ft (1.8 m)
Use:: orchard, edible landscape, general garden use, hedges, screening, mass planting