Description

A distinctive dwarf selection of Amur cherry with dense, peach-like tufts of dark green foliage, narrowly upright habit of growth is very uniform; short racemes of white flowers are followed by tiny black fruit; low maintenance, resistant to black knot

Landscape Attributes

Goldspur™ Amur Cherry is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Goldspur™ Amur Cherry is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Goldspur™ Amur Cherry will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It has a low canopy, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.