Prunus kurilensis 'BRILLANT' flowering plum tree
size/type
small tree,small tree
usual height
1,5-3m
usual width
1-2m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
March-April
location
full sun
USDA zone (lowest)
4 (down to -34°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
This flowering plum is a popular flowering tree although very few people even know its name. It is a slow to medium fast growing small tree which makes a handsome crown with profusion of flowers early in the spring, sooner than any Japanese flowering cherry. In our garden it is the first heavily blooming tree in spring after witch hazels.Brillant is a variety with pure white flowers that come out in early April. They do not mind snow or frost and remain unharmed if they come, awaiting warmer, sunny days to continue flowering. Deciduous leaves are obovate, sharply serrated, mid green in summer, turning orange and burgundy red in autumn. Pruning is not necessary if a dense crown is required – it makes dense branching naturally. If you wish to shape the plant do so at the end of winter.
Flowering plums and cherries are not too demanding for soil type. They like moist but well drained soil, preferably acidic for good autumn colour. Fully hardy to -34°C.
Last update 08-01-2010
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
