SARGENT CHERRY - Prunus sargentii

SARGENT CHERRY Prunus sargentii

green Outstanding Features:
Attractive smooth reddish brown bark. Pink flowers in spring, good red fall color.

Description:
Height: 20-40'
Width: 20-30'
Hardiness Zone: 4b

Sargent Cherry is an attractive small to medium sized tree noted for its showy, smooth reddish brown bark with prominent lenticels. Trees are broad oval to round with age. The 1-1 1/2" wide pink flowers are borne in clusters in early spring before the leaves emerge. Fruit is a small black cherry which is eaten readily by birds. Leaves are glossy green and develop excellent red-bronze fall color. Sargent Cherry makes a beautiful specimen or group planting.

Requirements and Culture:
Requires a well drained soil with ample moisture. Needs full sun.

Limitations:
Not tolerant of compacted or poorly drained soil. Can be infested by trunk borers.

Selected Cultivars:

`Rancho' - a narrowly upright form to 20-25' tall by 5-10' wide, with dark pink flowers.

`Columnaris' - narrow vase shape, 20-30' tall by 10-15' wide.

Photo Credit: 1 K. Warren; 2 MLA.

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