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.
Grow in well drained soil in full to part sun, ideally in a location with some protection from freezing winter winds. Prefers soils rich in organic matter. To maintain its form, prune selectively immediately after flowering; sheering cuasing it to beceom dense, irregular in shape, and twiggy. In time it may sucker, slowly forming a dense little colony.