Description

A highly ornamental tree for accent or specimen planting, featuring very showy, pink double flowers in spring, before the leaves, on an upright spreading form; a perfect choice for asian themed gardens

Landscape Attributes

Rubroplena Flowering Peach is a deciduous tree with an upright spreading habit of growth. 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.

Rubroplena Flowering Peach is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Rubroplena Flowering Peach will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. 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 highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.