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Amur Cherry vs Klondike Amur Cherry

Prunus maackii Jefdike

Prunus maackii

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Klondike Amur Cherry
Amur 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.

Amur Cherry is a beautiful, fast-growing ornamental tree. It features attractive bronze/red bark that peels horizontally in strips.

This hardy tree bears white flowers in the spring, black fruit held in clusters in the late summer, and pointy leaves that turn yellow in the fall.

Klondike Amur Cherry Quick Facts

Amur Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 8 m (25 ft)
Height: 12 m (39 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 9 m (30 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: low
Suckering: low


Toxicity: toxic to horses, cattle, etc.)
Fall colour: yellow
Fall colour: lemon yellow
Bark: golden
Flowers: white, fragrant
Flowers: white, in spring
Berries: tiny, black clusters
Berries: black fruit
Flavor: tart
Harvest: July
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: amur chokecherry