Prunus padus - Bird Cherry

Variety overview

Specifications:

Origin:

Central Europe.

Habit:

Ovoid to round large shrub/ small tree, 3-10 (15) m tall, 4-8 m wide; main branches reaching upwards; lateral twigs horizontal to overhanging; initially fast-growing, 60-80 cm a year, later slow, 10-20 cm.

Flower:

When leaves shoot in pretty, lilting, white racemes, April to May; intense scent of bitter almonds.

Fruit:

Pea-size, black cherries, bitter.

Leaves:

Very early shoots, April; elliptical, fresh green, fragrant; later pale green, bluish underneath; colour turns to yellow or brick-red in autumn.

Roots:

Flat and intense, forming runners up to 10 m away; tolerates floods, sensitive to soil compaction.

Bark:

Black-grey, a bitter smell comes out when the bark is damaged.

Demands:

Sun to semi-shade; tolerates warmth, but prefers cool sites; frost-hardy; some varieties are c onsidered as good avenue trees.

Soil:

Moist to fresh, slightly acidic to neutral, does not tolerate chalky soils; deep, nutrient-rich, sandy-gravelly to loamy-clayey.

Hardiness:

Zone 3

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