Royal Burgundy is a flowering cherry with striking red purple foliage combined with double pink flowers.
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
Where to buy fresh fruit
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