Prunus nipponica var.kurilensis 'Brillant'
Family - Rosaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 3.0m
Location - The Cool Garden, The Wedding Ring Border
Description: A large, Deciduous Shrub with a bushy, upright habit and dark green leaves that are Elliptic to lanceolate in shape. White, saucer-shaped flowers are produced along the stems in profusion in mid-spring before the leaves emerge. Attractive to bees.
Flower:
Prolific, saucer-shaped, white flowers with five petals open from pale pink buds in April. Flowers are produced along the stems before the leaves emerge.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped
Flowering time: April
Foliage:
Dark green, Elliptic to lanceolate leaves with coarsely toothed margins are tinged bronze when young. The leaves are Alternately arranged along the branches.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Elliptic to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings, grafting.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in reasonably fertile, moisture retentive, but well drained soil.