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Prunus glandulosa, called Chinese bush cherry, Chinese plum, and dwarf flowering almond, is a species of shrub tree native to China and long present in Japan. It is commonly used as an ornamental tree and for cut flowers. [2] [3] It has white or pink flowers - single or double varies with cultivar - that bloom in Spring. Fruits are dark red. [4]
Prunus fruticosa, the European dwarf cherry, [2] dwarf cherry, Mongolian cherry or steppe cherry is a deciduous, xerophytic, winter-hardy, cherry-bearing shrub. It is also called ground cherry and European ground cherry , but is not to be confused with plants in the distinct "Groundcherry" genus of Physalis .
Weeping Higan Cherry trees are rather prone to problems, particularly in dry soil. A type of bacterium can cause leaf spots and twig cankers. Small, reddish spots dry and drop out. A fungus can cause reddish spots which drop out leaving shot holes. Once the holes appear the leaves may fall from the tree and the disease is worse in wet weather.
Prunus × subhirtella, the winter-flowering cherry, [2] spring cherry, or rosebud cherry, [3] is the scientific name for the hybrid between Prunus itosakura (edohigan) and Prunus incisa (Mamezakura). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is a small deciduous flowering tree originating in Japan , but unknown in the wild.
In the present day, ornamental cherry blossom trees are distributed and cultivated worldwide. [1] While flowering cherry trees were historically present in Europe, North America, and China, [2] the practice of cultivating ornamental cherry trees was centered in Japan, [3] and many of the cultivars planted worldwide, such as that of Prunus × yedoensis, [4] [5] have been developed from Japanese ...
Trees up to 30 m (98 ft) tall have been found growing in the southern Appalachians, with the largest found on the western slopes of the Great Smoky Mountains. Its foliage is thin, [ 5 ] with leaves 4–11 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long and 1–4.5 cm ( 3 ⁄ 8 – 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) wide.
Dwarf cherry as a name has been used for at least three species of small cherry trees: Prunus cerasus; Prunus fruticosa; Prunus pumila; An unrelated Australian tree with cherry-like fruit: Exocarpus strictus; Cultivars of the sour cherry Prunus cerasus that are grafted onto dwarfing rootstocks.
Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry, [3] sweet cherry [3] or gean [3] is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae.It is native to Europe, Anatolia, Maghreb, and Western Asia, from the British Isles [4] south to Morocco and Tunisia, north to the Trondheimsfjord region in Norway and east to the Caucasus and northern Iran, with a small isolated population in the ...