prunus

Prunus 'Accolade' - flowering cherry (753 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 20:50:08 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

This flowering cherry is a cross between prunus sargentii and prunus subhirtella. It has profusion of pale pink, semi-double flowers which open from deep pink buds in mid spring. Leaves are dark green, to 10 cm long. It forms an irregular, wide crown, ideal as a specimen. It does not need much maintenance, it likes moist, slightly acidic, well-drained soil, and a lot of space. ...

Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra' - Purple Leaved Flowering Plum (6025 readers)

Contributed by abies 08.11 2007 on 10:20:58 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title and Article's text

Flowering Plum, Prunus cerasifera Nigra is an upright deciduous tree eventually making a ball shaped specimen. It has a rounded to pyramidal habit and dark-red leaves when young in spring and a very attractive deep purple foliage later which is retained throughout the summer. ...

Prunus campanulata 'Okame' - flowering cherry (556 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 20:54:32 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title

This uncommon flowering cherry comes from Taiwan. It is a small tree, well branched even without trimming, with neony pink flowers with yellow stamens. Ideal for japanese style gardens, or anywhere to highlight its surroundings with the splash of early spring colour. ...

Prunus cerasus 'Burlat' - sweet cherry tree (3072 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.03 2008 on 10:39:46 Topic: Plants / Fruit woods Match on Title

Burlat is an early variety of sweet cherries. The fruit is vivid to dark red, mid-sized or large, very sweet and juicy, with medium firm flesh. As it is very precocious it is not vermicular. ...

Prunus incisa 'Kojou No Mai' - Fuji Cherry (1119 readers)

Contributed by amazon 15.10 2007 on 20:32:54 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title

Kojou is a dainty little shrub with attractive zigzagged stems and pale pink bell-like flowers that grace bare stems in early spring. The leaves turn to glorious shades of red and orange in autumn giving season long appeal. Often used for Bonsai. ...

Prunus domestica 'Reine Claude Dorée' - plum tree (676 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.03 2008 on 10:54:27 Topic: Plants / Fruit woods Match on Title

Reine Claude Dorée is a French variety of sweet plum with large, round fruit of green to greeny-yellow fruit of delicious, sweet and juicy taste. It ripens at the end of August. ...

Prunus armeniaca 'Luizet' - apricot (758 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.03 2008 on 11:15:12 Topic: Plants / Fruit woods Match on Title

Luizet apricot is one f the most suitable ones from our climate because it blooms late which helps it avoid late spring frost. On the other hand it is an early variety with fruit maturing in mid-summer. Fruit is rounded to oval, deep orange with irregular red flushes, very aromatic. Taste is sweet. It has 9% sugar content and 13.5% acid content. ...

Prunus domestica 'Stanley' - plum tree (1286 readers)

Contributed by havlis 05.03 2008 on 12:38:40 Topic: Plants / Fruit woods Match on Title

Stanley is one of the most tasteful and reliable varieties of plums. The fruit is sweet and juicy, though firm. Flesh is orange-yellow, skin is smooth, deep violet-blue. The fruit is excellent fresh as well as canned, high sugar content makes them ideal for drying. ...

Prunus 'Pink Perfection' - flowering cherry (882 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 21:29:57 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title

The name of this flowering cherry says it all: Pink Perfection. It belongs to our most popular cherries. In mid-spring relatively small buds appear and it takes them up to 2 weeks to open up so the stunning display can begin. 2-3 cm wide, double flowers hang in clusters of 3-5 make the tree crown look like one huge candy floss. They are light pink inside and bright pink towards the edges, looking like shiny neon. The crown is moderate to slow growing, spreading. Owing to a large number of flower ...

Prunus laurocerasus 'Novita' - cherry laurel (2188 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.11 2007 on 10:31:38 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Title

“Novita” is a new sensation among cherry laurels. Eventually there is a hardy variety which has benefits of the formerly more tender ones: it grows fast and big, has large leaves of a nice colour, and of course if fully hardy! The leaves are 10-15 cm long, obovate, very glossy, soft green when young turning to deep green. It is a perfect specimen or a superb large hedging plant. ...

Prunus serrulata 'Kanzan' - Japanese Flowering Cherry (2923 readers)

Contributed by abies 01.11 2007 on 18:16:14 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Title

This is one of the most popular and hardiest ornamental cherry trees available. A vigorous deciduous small to medium-sized tree with an upright habit when young and wider canopy when older. In spring the tree is laden with large double, purplish-pink showy flowers shortly before the bronze foliage appears. Leaves are large, ovate to narrow-ovate, with margins toothed. ...