Prunus

Prunus trees, also known as flowering cherries, contain a wonderful diverse range of deciduous and evergreen trees for the garden. Beautiful white or pink flowers ranging from winter to mid summer. Some varieties have a spectacular display of autumn colours.

They are easy to grow on almost any well drained soil, but prefer chalk to acid. Prunus trees can be thinned out of some of the branches after flowering to encourage replacement growth. Our wide selection offers small, medium and large varieties with various habits, so we have one to suit every garden!

You may quite often see prunus planted in public spaces, like parks or avenues. They are long-lived, robust and have real presence when mature. The bees love the flowers!

There are over 400 species within this genera and we list a selection of the most diverse and suitable for gardens including Japanese flowering cherries. Japanese flowering cherries are a distinctive group of varieties separate from those mentioned already due to their country of origin, their age stretching as far back as 1000 years. In Japan they are known as Sato-zakura meaning ‘village-cherries’.