PRUNUS kurilensis 'RUBY'

Japanese alpine cherry 'Ruby'

PRUNUS kurilensis 'RUBY'

Japanese alpine cherry 'Ruby'

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  • Maintenance advice : Remove any dead wood. After flowering, slightly shorten the extremities of branches, if necessary.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Japan : breeder Collingwood Ingram (GB) 1958
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 4 m
  • Width at 10 years : 3 m
  • Growth : Slow
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Full sun
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : tree like
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Purplish pink
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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In February-March, it has lovely little bunches of simple, dark red flowers. Held by superb red calyxes, they are produced in abundance, before the appearance of leaves. The spear like leaves, 5 to 7cm long, are bronze tinted in spring, green in summer, turning to a warm orange-red colour in autumn. Forms a lovely dense and erect shrub, with firm branches. Growth is slow but regular. Staying a modest size, adapts well to all gardens, in flowerbeds, isolated or in hedges.