Royal Burgundy flowering cherry
Prunus
Royal Burgundy is a flowering cherry with striking red purple foliage combined with double pink flowers.
Royal Burgundy flowering cherry identification images
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USDA identification images for Royal Burgundy
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Origins
- Species: Prunus species - Flowering cherry
Identification
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Country of origin: United States
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Bronze
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Dark bronze
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
- Leaf/Flower sequence: Leaves and Flowers appear together
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Vigour: Vigorous
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Growth rate: Average
- Attractive features: Autumn foliage colour
- Soil type: Chalky
- Soil type: Clay
- Useful for: Open spaces
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Flowering season: Mid-season
- Flowering season: Late
Climate
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Cold hardiness (RHS): H6 (to -20C)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Royal Burgundy flowering cherry trees for sale:
- Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Royal Burgundy flowering cherry trees