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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 15 to 20 feet
Plant Spread: 10 to 15 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: 1/2 inch shiny bright red cherry
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Flowers are pendant, bell shaped and deep rose to magenta pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Suitable Locations: Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree
Uses: Provides winter interest
Shade Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: need to be kept in fridge with damp medium for couple months
Scarify seeds: remove the hard seed outer shell
Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Birds
Bees
Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Taiwan Cherry
  • Bellflower Cherry
  • Formosan Cherry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Prunus campanulata
  • Synonym: Cerasus campanulata

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Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-02-14
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC (Margaret Ambrose Japanese garden)
Date: February 14, 2023
Taiwan cherry #169 nn; LHB p. 543, 95-44-28, "Classical name of p
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC (Margaret Ambrose Japanese garden)
Date: February 14, 2023
Taiwan cherry #169 nn; LHB p. 543, 95-44-28, "Classical name of p
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC (Margaret Ambrose Japanese garden)
Date: February 14, 2023
Taiwan cherry #169 nn; LHB p. 543, 95-44-28, "Classical name of p
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC (Atkins hillside garden)
Date: February 14, 2023
Taiwan cherry #169 nn; LHB p. 543, 95-44-28, "Classical name of p
Location: Raulston Arboretum  NC State Univ  Raleigh, NC
Date: 2024-02-13
Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-03-26
Taiwan Cherry (Prunus campanulata) young plant in one gallon pot
Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-03-26
Taiwan Cherry (Prunus campanulata) young plant in one gallon pot
Comments:
  • Posted by janelp_lee (Toronto, Ontario - Zone 6a) on Jan 23, 2020 3:34 PM concerning plant:
    I have a few small trees that I grew from seeds. Most of them did not make it through our zone 6 winter outdoors, but a few survived. I am hoping these trees will produce flowers and seeds that are much more comfortable with zone 6 winters. The tree is lovely when it flowers in spring. The flowers attract bees and butterflies, and birds feed on the ripe fruit.
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