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Black Cherry Plum / Swart Kersiepruim
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Deciduous | Exotic | Slow Growing Speed | Average Coastal Tolerance | Average Wind Tolerance
This tree offers striking contrast colours for your garden, with the deep purple leaves in summer and the abundance of light pink blossoms in spring!
An excellent feature tree for a small garden or courtyard as it doesn't get very big. Also suited to be planted in a pot. It grows best in full sun and the growth rate is very slow (about 30cm a year).
Attracts Birds: Flowers
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruiting Season: No
Showy Feature: Foliage
Miscellaneous Characteristics: This cultivar has earned a Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.
Drought Resistant
Hedge
Small Garden
Pot
Ornamental
Rare