How to Grow Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa)
Nanking cherry (prunus tomentosa) is a unique fruit to western growers, but it's been cultivated in the east for millennia. The small fruits look like cherries, but they're actually more closely related to plums. Though Nanking cherries are only about 1/2 inch in diameter, the plants produce huge crops with little maintenance.
Nanking Bush Cherry (prunus Tomentosa) Photograph by Maria Mosolova
Description Nanking Cherry Shrubs Nanking Cherry is a fruiting cherry bush that produces edible cherry fruit for both wildlife and human consumption. The fruit of the Prunus tomentosa is commonly used in pies and jellies and is a good choice for wildlife plantings and windbreaks.
Nanking kers Prunus tomentosa (Dwergkers)
(Prunus Tomentosa) Nanking Cherry is a broad, spreading shrub. It is grown primarily for its showy white flowers which cover the plant in early spring. The flowers are borne sessile along the stem. The 1/2″ bright red fruit which ripen in early July are edible but a little tart for fresh eating. They make excellent jams and jellies.
Prunus tomentosa Nanking Cherry Jurassicplants Nurseries
Prunus tomentosa ( Nanking Cherry ) Prunus tomentosa is a broadly spreading, twiggy, and dense shrub. Leaves are alternate, simple, obovate to elliptic. It grows 6 to 10 feet in height and has a 15 feet spread, developing a more open growth habit with age. The bark is an attractive, shiny reddish brown, with exfoliating layers.
Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa) hardy fruit trees for orchards
The fruit tree, known by its scientific name Prunus tomentosa or Nanking cherry, provides you with white spring flowers followed by reddish-brown bark and edible scarlet fruit. It makes for excellent planting on borders to mass plantings. Another common name is the Manchu cherry.
Prunus tomentosa 'Nanking', Nanking Cherry in GardenTags plant encyclopedia
Nanking Cherry Prunus tomentosa The Nanking Cherry is a beautiful rounded ornamental shrub that provides year round color. In early spring, pink buds open up into fragrant white or pale pink flowers. As the flowers fade, soft green leaves emerge. Brilliant red berries appear and ripen in early to late summer. The Nanking Cherry produces edible cherries commonly used for jams and pies. The bark.
Nanking Cherry Bush FOR SALE Prunus tomentosa CANADA
Common Name: downy cherry Type: Deciduous shrub Family: Rosaceae Native Range: Caucasus, China, Japan, Russian Far East, West Himalaya Zone: 2 to 7 Height: 6.00 to 10.00 feet Spread: 6.00 to 10.00 feet Bloom Time: April Bloom Description: White to light pink Sun: Full sun to part shade Water: Medium Maintenance: Low Suggested Use: Hedge, Naturalize
Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa); Zone 3; 25 bare root seedlings
Physical Characteristics Prunus tomentosa is a deciduous Shrub growing to 1.5 m (5ft) by 2 m (6ft). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 2. It is in flower from March to April, and the seeds ripen in July. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects.
Nanking Cherry flowers (Prunus tomentosa) The... Hortorium
Prunus tomentosa is commonly known as Nanking cherry and is native from northern and western China down to Tibet and Kashmir, and features white to pale-pink flowers in early spring on a shrubby bush. The very small red fruit, when ripe, are too astringent for people to eat, but birds love them. When Carl Thunberg first described this species, most Western citizens were not allowed to travel.
Franklin County (PA) Gardeners Nanking Cherry in Spring Bloom
Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa) is native to northern China and naturalized in Japan, Russia, and other northern regions of the continent. It has become a staple back yard garden plant in Russia and much of Eastern Europe.
White Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa 'Leucocarpa') in Edmonton Spruce
The Nanking Bush Cherry, Prunus tomentosa, is another unique edible plant, in bush form, that is showy in the spring with flowers and in the summer with the bright red cherries clinging closely to the branches. It can be used as an ornamental, fruit producing shrub or as a wind break in a hedge row. The Flowers
Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa) in Denver Arvada Wheat Ridge Golden
Prunus tomentosa Nanking cherry P. tomentosa is a medium-sized, deciduous shrub, usually fairly upright, with bright green foliage that's covered in silky hairs as it emerges, and which remain on the undersides of the leaves.
Prunus Tomentosa (Nanking Cherry, Mtn Cherry)
Nanking cherry ( Prunus tomentosa) is a central Asian species of bush cherry tree native to China, Japan, and the Himalayas. They were introduced into the U.S. in 1882 and are winter hardy in USDA zones 3 to 6. The Nanking cherry is a fast-growing species that sets fruit within two years.
Franklin County (PA) Gardeners Nanking Cherry in Spring Bloom
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PlantFiles Pictures Nanking Bush Cherry (Prunus tomentosa) by Melissa_Ohio
Prunus tomentosa is a species of Prunus native to northern and western China (including Tibet ), Korea, Mongolia, and possibly northern India ( Jammu and Kashmir, though probably only cultivated there).
Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa) in Denver Arvada Wheat Ridge Golden
Prunus tomentosa Pronounciation PROO-nus toh-men-TOH-suh Mature height 6 to 10 ft. Mature spread 10 to 15 ft. Water usage learn more about water use Add To Favorite Plants Nanking cherry is a large deciduous shrub. In early spring, it has many small pinkish-white flowers that cover the plant. It is one of the first plants to bloom in the spring.