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Prunus × cistena ( N.E.Hansen ) Koehne Prunus × cistena , the purple leaf sand cherry or dwarf red-leaf plum , is a hybrid species of Prunus , the result of a cross between Prunus cerasifera (cherry plum or myrobalan plum) and Prunus pumila (sand cherry). [ 1 ]
Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae, which includesk plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit).The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, [4] being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, [5] There are about 340 ...
It typically forms a large shrub or a small tree. It may be somewhat thorny, with white blossom, borne in early spring. The oval or spherical fruit varies in size, but can be up to 8 centimetres (3 inches) across.
Prunus americana, commonly called the American plum, [7] wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of Prunus native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida. [8] Prunus americana has often been planted outside its native range and sometimes escapes cultivation. [9]
Prunus cocomilia – Italian plum, cuckoo's apple; Prunus consociiflora [4] [5] – Hubei plum; Prunus darvasica – Darwaz plum; Prunus divaricata [2] – wild cherry plum; Prunus domestica – European plum; Prunus ramburii – sloe of Sierra Nevada (Spanish: endrino de Sierra Nevada) Prunus salicina – Chinese plum, Japanese plum; Prunus ...
Prunus cerasifera is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. [3] It is native to Southeast Europe [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and Western Asia , [ 3 ] [ 7 ] and is naturalised in the British Isles [ 4 ] and scattered locations in North America.
The prune plum (Prunus domestica subsp. domestica) is a fruit-bearing tree, or its fruit. It is a subspecies of the plum Prunus domestica . [ 1 ] The freestone fruit is especially popular in Central Europe .
The city of Metz dedicates two weeks to the Mirabelle plum during the popular Mirabelle Festival held in August. During the festival, in addition to open markets selling fresh prunes, mirabelle tarts, and mirabelle liquor, there is live music, fireworks, parties, art exhibits, a parade with floral floats and competition, and the crowning of the ...