Prunus tomentosa

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Prunus tomentosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Prunus tomentosa, Thunb. (Cerasus tomentosa, Wall.). Small compact but wide-spreading tree, or in Amer, a tree-like bush, the young growths pubescent-tomentose: branches close-jointed, causing the lvs. and fls. to be numerous: lvs. broad-oval to short-obovate, short- stalked, abruptly contracted into a short point, the margins incisely and sometimes unequally serrate, dull and rugose above, densely pubescent-tomentose beneath: fls. white as to petals but with bright red calyx and pedicel, small, sessile, usually 1 or 2 at a joint, appearing just before the lvs. or as the lvs. begin to unfold, from pink buds: fr. light red, globular, the size of a verysmall cherry, sessile or very short-stalked, sparsely hairy, eaten in Japan. N. China and Manchuria. B.M. 8196. A.G. 12:77. G. F. 5:581—A worthy hardy small tree, making a very dense top, and quite unlike most other cherries in appearance. On floral characters the species gives rise to many forms, 2 or 3 of which are in cult. Var. Spaethiana, Koehne. Fis. white, appearing with the lvs., and somewhat scattered on the branches, the petals about 1/5in. broad; calyx-lobes or sepals somewhat longer than the tube. Var. Graebneriana, Koehne, differs from var. Spaethiana in the large fls. (petals 1/3in. broad) which are crowded, and calyx- lobes about equaling the short-tubular calyx-tube. Var. endotricha, Koehne. Lvs. elliptic or oblong, 1-2 in. long, the petiole very short: fls. white, very abundant: fr. about 1/2in. long and nearly as broad, dark red, sparingly pilose.—P. tomentosa is hardy even in the Dakotas, and improved fruit-bearing races of importance are likely to arise. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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