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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Fruit: Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds

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Common names
  • Bush Cherry

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Location: Sarah P Duke Gardens   Durham, North Carolina
Date: 2023-02-25
Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-03-01
Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-02-17
Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2021-03-23
Comments:
  • Posted by dave (Southlake, Texas - Zone 8a) on Mar 5, 2015 8:21 AM concerning plant:
    Short flowering cherry shrub promoted by SFA Gardens as "Texas tough". Spring blooming with pink flowers, with edible fruits ripening in late spring and early summer. Showier than the flowering almond.

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