GQT. Cherry tree recommendation?
 

Hi everyone.
A couple of weeks ago I heard one of the Gardener's QT panel recommend a cherry tree which is a good
all year round plant, especially good for autumn colour. I forget which it is and can't find
anything on the web site. Does anyone remember, please?

Kath

Lee and Kath wrote in message
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Hi everyone.
A couple of weeks ago I heard one of the Gardener's QT panel recommend a
cherry tree which is a good
all year round plant, especially good for autumn colour. I forget which it
is and can't find
anything on the web site. Does anyone remember, please?

Kath

Hi Kath,

I don't recall the tree mentioned on GQT, but Prunus Sargentii is famous for
its brilliant autumn leaf colour. The flowers are single, pink and emerge
roughly late April/early May. Young leaves are bronzy red.

Of course, the autumn colour referred to may have been flower colour, rather
than leaf colour. In this case the tree is likely to be Prunus subhirtella
'Autmnalis', which has semi-double white flowers produced between November
and March (usually in milder winter spells). The form P.s.'A' rosea has
semi-double pink flowers.

Hope this helps.
Spider

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:22:55 +0100, Spider wrote:

Lee and Kath wrote in message
...
Hi everyone.
A couple of weeks ago I heard one of the Gardener's QT panel recommend a
cherry tree which is a good
all year round plant, especially good for autumn colour. I forget which it
is and can't find
anything on the web site. Does anyone remember, please?

Kath

Hi Kath,

I don't recall the tree mentioned on GQT, but Prunus Sargentii is famous for
its brilliant autumn leaf colour. The flowers are single, pink and emerge
roughly late April/early May. Young leaves are bronzy red.

Prunus hillierii is another good one for autumn leaf colour, the variety
"Spire" is nice and upright , and doesn't take much space in a small
garden. Both have lots of pale pink flowers in the spring.
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Best Regards

Richard

Thank you for your suggestions on this. 'Hillerii' seems to ring a bell. The info was it provided
all year round interest and is compact.

Kath