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Purple Leaf Sand Cherry for sale

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

Prunus x cistena

ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry provides bright reddish-purple leaves that turn bronze-green in the fall. In the spring, tiny flowers with a pinkish white hue bloom. The flowers are small, but the impact comes from the shrub blossoming all at once.

The Purple leaf sand cherry can be susceptible to pests and diseases in more humid areas; a typical life span is approximately 15 years. Not suitable for a privacy hedge on its own but is often alternated with lilacs. Often used as an accent plant that attracts birds and bees.

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: dark red
Flowers: pinkish
Bark: dark red to purple
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: low


Toxicity: the leaves and seed are slightly toxic
Other Names: purpleleaf sandcherry

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: dark red
Flowers: pinkish
Bark: dark red to purple
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: low


Toxicity: the leaves and seed are slightly toxic
Other Names: purpleleaf sandcherry

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