Specific epithet is derived from the Latin words cerasus meaning cherry tree and ferre meaning to bear. Genus name from Latin means plum or cherry tree. Myrobalan is derived from the Greek words myron (plant juice) and balanos (nut). Species is sometimes used as a rootstock for other stone fruits. The greengages and damsons also belong to subspecies of P. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species. Species plants are uncommonly sold in commerce, but a number of purple-leaved cultivars have become quite popular. Prunus domestica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. Ovate, elliptic or obovate, thin, serrate leaves (to 2.5” long). Flowers are followed by small edible fruits (to 1” diameter) that are sweet but somewhat tasteless. Very fragrant, mostly solitary, 5-petaled, white flowers (to 1” across) bloom in early spring. This is a small, sometimes spiny, deciduous tree typically growing to 15-30’ tall with a shrubby, spreading, rounded habit. Naturalization has occurred in the U.S., primarily in the northeast and far west. Today, it only exists in cultivation except for the many situations where it has escaped gardens and naturalized. Both types help bring welcome early spring colour to the area.Prunus cerasifera, commonly called cherry plum or Myrobalan plum, is native to western Asia and the Caucasus. You have to look closely at the trees as our white form can often look pink from a distance due to the colour of its leaves. There is another form of this plum to be often found in our local streets Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’ which has pink flowers instead of white. Pissards plums can also be found just below our group by the entrance to the Pitch and Putt, yet more to the left of the Rose Garden as you approach it from the Palace and many can be seen in the easternmost of the old deer enclosures. Finally Ernest Francois Pissard was a French gardener to the Shah of Persia responsible for the creation of this particular cultivar. Cerasifera means wild cherry – cerasi is latin for cherry and fera – think of the word “feral”. What’s in a name? The scientific name Prunus covers both cherries and plums as well as almonds, apricots and peaches. The fruit from cherry plums is edible and can be used to make jam, but normally the crop is very small. Also the leaves come out alongside the flowers whereas in blackthorn the white flowers appear before the first leaves. Cherry plums come out slightly earlier and the new growth of the twigs is green as opposed to a dark colour in the blackthorn. Purple-leaved plum and Pissard’s plum are a couple of the other names for our popular cultivar which has much darker leaves setting off the flowers dramatically.īy flowering so early in the year, the purple-leaved plum is a real harbinger of spring and is often mistaken for the blackthorn. Prunus domestica - Wikipedia Types of Flowering Plum Trees and Useful Tips for Their Care Prunus americana - Wikipedia List of Popular Tree Names in Punjabi. These wild varieties look very similar to our trees, but have green leaves. The wild form of our tree of the month is the cherry plum or myrobalan plum and comes from Western Asia and Southeast Europe although it can now be found growing in the wider countryside as well some examples in our park. Description: Newport is a small tree or large shrub known for its purple foliage. You can easily imagine that a group of witches were dancing and then frozen into trees. NEWPORT PLUM - PRUNUS CERASIFERA NEWPORT. The group always looks dramatic even in winter when their stark shapes stand out. The ring of trees erupts into flower this month with white or very pale pink cherry-like flowers with purple leaves. That is one impression of our Tree of the Month, the Cherry Plum ( Prunus cerasifera ‘Pissardii’). Witches dancing on the South Slope just below the BBC Tower. Next time you are visiting, see if you can spot our February tree of the month, as described by Stephen Middleton from the Friends of Alexandra Park…
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