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Mongolian Cherry vs Klondike Amur Cherry

Prunus fruticosa

Prunus maackii Jefdike

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Mongolian Cherry
Klondike Amur Cherry

Mongolian Cherry is a hardy shrub that is often grown as an ornamental. This plant makes an attractive flowering hedgerow that requires little maintenance. The dark red cherries are tart and desirable for baking, wine-making, and canning. This shrub is popular with wildlife.

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.

Mongolian Cherry Quick Facts

Klondike Amur Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 8 m (25 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: yellow
Berries: tiny, black clusters
Flavor: tart
Harvest: July
Flowers: clusters of white flowers
Flowers: white, fragrant
Bark: golden
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: low




Other Names: dwarf cherry, european dwarf cherry, steppe cherry