Prunus glandulosa

Shrubs, suckering, 5–20 dm, not thorny. Twigs with terminal end buds, glabrous. Leaves deciduous; petiole 1–6 mm, hairy on adaxial surface, eglandular; blade narrowly elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–9 × 0.9–2.5 cm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins crenulate-serrulate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous or slightly hairy along midribs and veins, adaxial glabrous. Inflorescences solitary flowers or 2-flowered fascicles. Pedicels 6–15 mm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Flowers blooming at leaf emergence; hypanthium campanulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent externally; sepals spreading to reflexed, ovate, 2.5–5 mm, margins glandular-toothed, ± ciliate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely puberulent; petals 25+, white or pink, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 8–11 mm; ovaries glabrous. Drupes reddish, subglobose, 10–15 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy; stones subglobose, not flattened.

3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun

Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

Prunus Glandulosa

Prunus glandulosa

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