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A very popular small weeping tree with arching branches bearing densely clustered, double pink flowers in spring. Lanceshaped leaves are pale green and slightly bronzed at first. (19th Century)

Prunus ‘Kursar’

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Tree Shape: Standard

A beautiful small tree of spreading habit. Masses of deep pink single flowers in early March, very popular with bees. The ovate leaves are coppery when young, followed by rich autumn colours of red and gold. (UK)

Prunus litigiosa

Tree Shape: Upright

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(The Tassel Cherry) A most unusual upright tree producing clusters of small white or pink tinged flowers in April. Flowers have conspicuous protruding anthers, hence the reference to tassels. (China)

Prunus lusitanica

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Tree Shape: Bushy

A dense and spreading tree with oval, rich green leaves with reddish petioles. Small white hawthorn scented flowers are carried in long slender racemes. An ideal patio plant for shaping and trimming. (Portugal)

Prunus mume ‘Beni-chidori’

Tree Shape: Bushy

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(Japanese Apricot) A small tree producing deep pink, highlyscented flowers in February fading to paler pink with age, occasionally followed by edible but bitter, yellow fruits. Midgreen, glossy foliage boasts apricot-orange tints in autumn.

Prunus padus ‘Le Thoureil’

Tree Shape: Standard

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(Bird Cherry) Vigorous, upright, small deciduous tree, with mid-green leaves turning yellow and bronze in autumn. White flowers are borne in dense racemes in late spring, followed by glossy, pea-like, black fruit. (1998)

Prunus pendula ‘Ascendens Rosea’

Tree Shape: Upright

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A lovely slender, semi erect, vase shaped tree. Small, shell pink, single flowers open in mid-spring from red buds, before the leaves emerge. A long lived ornamental Cherry.

Prunus serrula

Prunus ‘Little Pink Perfection’

Tree Shape: Bushy

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A bushy, very small tree producing deep pink-red buds in late spring, opening to double pink blooms hanging in large clusters. Leaves turn a polished mid-green, before developing shades of red and orange in the autumn. (Bristol, 1990s)

Prunus ‘Mikurama-gaeshi’

Tree Shape: Standard

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A small tree with long ascending, short spurred branches densely packed with single blush pink flowers. Young leaves are bronze green, deep green in the summer, then reddish copper with yellow markings in the autumn. (UK)

Prunus ‘Okame’

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Tree Shape: Bushy

A round-headed small tree with ovate leaves turning orange and red in autumn. Small, deep shell pink flowers in midMarch, often followed by small dark cherries - not palatable for humans, but useful for birds. (UK, 1947)

Prunus ‘Pandora’

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Tree Shape: Standard

A good, small, all season tree for any garden. Compact in habit with ascending branches clothed in pale, shell pink flowers in late March. Bronze-red leaves in the spring with tints of purplered in the autumn. (UK, 1939)

Prunus pendula ‘Pendula Rubra’

Tree Shape: Weeping

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A small, deciduous tree with a weeping habit. Mid-green ovate foliage turns fiery shades of orange and red in the autumn before falling. The single flowers are a deep, rose pink emerging from darker pink buds.