Purple Sandcherry Blossom

Want to add some color to your landscape?  The Purple Sandcherry (Prunus x cistens) is the one for you as its outstanding color would makes a great focal point or as an accent by an entranceway.  Plant in mass for a colorful hedge or as a specimen planting to add color and structure.   This upright shrub has striking red-purple to maroon foliage that emerges each Spring and maintains that strong color all summer.  Springtime display is a profusion of light pink flowers emerging as the foliage is unfolding. The dark purple leaves will transition to a red-bronze as fall approaches, only to fall off for winter.  Small cherry like fruit forms in fall which is often missed by all but the birds as they love them! 

Purple Sandcherry can either be grown as a small tree or a flowering shrub reaching 6-8 feet in height and spread.    It is easy to manage desired size and shape with pruning after flowers have faded. It is a rapid grower so it won’t take long to get established for you to enjoy it’s ornamental impact in your landscape.  Plant in full sun to part shade.  Hardy in zones 4 through 7.

We have many purple sandcherry plants in one and three gallon containers.  Come by and pick one up to plant in your landscape, you will love it!

Purple Sandcherry