Deciduous, round-headed Cherry Plum tree with red leaves when it is young, becoming purple. Pink flowers in early/mid spring. Prefers well-drained soil, enriched with compost.

Electrophoretic analysis of plum PER-2 isozyme revealed two bands with different mobility, a slow-(s) and a fast-migrating (f). This isozyme was found in wild forms and cultivars of Prunus cerasifera ...

Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 7, No. 4 (1993), pp. 153-156 (4 pages) Explants of Mr.S 2/5,a clone selected from seedlings of Prunus cerasifera, under in vitro conditions were exposed to 70%, ...

They are the blossoms of the varieties of ornamental flowering Prunus trees. One of the first links in the chain is the stunning weeping flowering apricot (Prunus mume Pendula), which starts to bud up ...