Double Flowering Plum Prunus Blireana. Prunus are very hardy adaptable and possibly the most popular deciduous trees grown in australia. Flowering plum blireana prunus blireana this small deciduous hybrid is a very popular double flowing plum.
Leaves alternate simple at first purple but fade to green 3 6 cm long ovate apex acuminate base rounded. It has slender arching branches double mauve pink flowers and reddish purple leaves which turn purplish green in summer. Prunus are very hardy adaptable and possibly the most popular deciduous trees grown in australia.
This deciduous tree is relatively small growing to around 5m tall.
The prunus x blireana is fast growing when young and as it matures develops a moderate growth rate. The foliage is greenish red with darkred brown branches. Broadleaf deciduous tree 20 by 20 ft 6 x 6 m rounded dense branching trunk often has large bumps. The striking foliage grows along dark branches through summer blooming masses of double pink flowers in spring.
