Family: Rosaceae
Scientific Name: Prunus glandosa
Common Name: Dwarf Flowering Plum
Description | A medium shrub that produces a plethora of flowers in the spring. |
Pronunciation | (PRUU-nus)(glan-duu-LO-sa) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | 4 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | pink, white, white with pink, early spring, single or double |
Fruit | subglobose dark red fruits |
Leaves | green, lacking fall foliage color |
Dimensions | 4-5 by 3-4 feet |
Maintenance | suckers, will naturalize |
Propagation | seeds, cuttings |
Native Site | northern and central China, Japan |
Cultivar Origin | introduced in 1835 |
Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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