Ming Cherry Flowering Tree. The fruit is not ornamentally significant. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 4 feet from the ground and is suitable for planting under power lines.
Ming cherry has clusters of small white flowers in late spring that are followed by small black fruit which attracts birds. Name pot size in stock prunus maackii ming 5cm cal 2 inch ming cherry 5cm cal 10 prunus mume 10 pot japanese apricot 10 pot 65 prunus mume priscilla clark 10 pot japanese apricot 10 pot 25 prunus. Cherry tree shapes japanese flowering cherries enjoy graceful shapes that command attention and create beautiful features in winter.
It grows at a medium rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.
Prunus maackii grows best in a rich moist well drained soil tolerating poorer soils some salt pollution and is very cold hardy. The fruit is not ornamentally significant. Ex foliating bark creates winter interest. The pointy leaves turn an outstanding yellow in the fall.
