Botanical Name: Prunus glandulosa
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Common Name: Flowering Almond  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

3-6'

 

Flower Color

Pink, White

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Red

 

Fruit Color

Red

 

Fruit Season

Summer

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Jerry Sortomme SBCC
  • Description

  • Notes

This spring-blooming deciduous shrub doesn't produce almonds, but does have lovely, rose-like pink blossoms appearing in the early spring, just in time for daffodils and early tulips. It grows about 5 to 6 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide, with an upright vase shape. Leaves emerge after flowering a bronzy red, mature to green, but no fall color of note. Flowers are followed by small, dark red fruits enjoyed by birds. 'Rosea Plena' has double-petaled, pink flowers; "Alba Plena" has double-petaled white flowers. An old-fashioned shrub.