Prunus kurilensis ('Brillant Rosea') 'RUBY' flowering plum tree
size/type
small tree,small tree
usual height
1,5-3m
usual width
1-1,5m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
March-April
location
full to partial 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 unique shrub of small-sized gardens. Thanks to its size it is suitable for even the smallest of gardens. The main feature – flowers – appear earliest of all flowering cherries and plums. They are soft pink with yellow stamens and there is always profusion of them on the tree every spring. Autumn leaves have vivid red, burgundy and orange shades. No need for pruning. It is soil tolerant but does best in well drained but moist, slightly acidic soil. Fully hardy to about -34°C (USDA zone 4).
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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.
