Western Sand Cherry vs Klondike Amur Cherry - TreeTime.ca

Western Sand Cherry vs Klondike Amur Cherry

Prunus maackii Jefdike

Prunus pumila var. besseyi

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Klondike Amur Cherry
Western Sand Cherry

The Klondike Amur Cherry is an attractive cultivar which features showy, peeling gold bark and textured oval leaves that turn bright yellow in fall. It blooms with fragrant white flowers in mid spring, and produces tiny, tart black berries through the summer. The Klondike Amur Cherry was bred to have improved stem strength and stronger branching.

This tree makes a great addition to urban gardens and commercial planting, and is immune to black knot.

Western Sand Cherry is known for its unique, leathery grey-green foliage and beautiful white blossoms. It is a popular ornamental shrub in parks and front yards. Both you and the wildlife will love its edible small dark red to purple cherries.

Due to its small stature and spreading qualities, Western Sandcherry is suitable as an underplanting or groundcover.

Many people graft plum and cherry varieties to Western Sand Cherry and use it as rootstock. It is also popular to graft hardy apricots to.

Klondike Amur Cherry Quick Facts

Western Sand Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 8 m (25 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: medium


Foliage: grey-green
Fall colour: yellow
Fall colour: reddish-orange
Bark: golden
Flowers: white, fragrant
Flowers: white
Berries: tiny, black clusters
Berries: small purple cherries
Flavor: tart
Harvest: July
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: SK, MB, ON