{"title":"Flowering Cherries and Blossom Trees","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlowering cherries and their close relatives, the flowering plums, peaches and hawthorns, are deciduous trees grown for a heavy burst of blossom at the end of winter and through early spring, mostly before the leaves arrive. The rest of the year they work as small to medium shade trees, several carrying purple or bronze summer foliage and autumn colour. Buy one if you want a single feature tree for a front lawn, a driveway entry or a courtyard, and you garden where winters are genuinely cold, where flowering is heaviest. In warm coastal and subtropical gardens the display is thinner and less predictable, so the purple leaf plums are the safer pick there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/flowering-cherry-kanzan-prunus-serrulata\"\u003eKanzan\u003c\/a\u003e is the tree most people picture: double deep pink flowers on a vase-shaped frame that widens with age. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/white-flowering-cherry-mount-fuji-prunus-serrulata-x-shirotae\"\u003eMount Fuji\u003c\/a\u003e flowers white and semi-double on a low, wide, horizontally branched habit, so allow room for the spread. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/flowering-cherry-erecta-amanogawa-prunus-serrulata\"\u003eAmanogawa\u003c\/a\u003e is the opposite shape, narrow and upright, the one for a path edge or a tight bed. Ukon is the oddity, cream to greenish in flower, bare root only. Among the weepers, Cheals Double Pink arches over in pink, and Shirotae is that same Mount Fuji worked as a weeper, while \u003ca href=\"\/products\/prunus-subhirtella-snofozam-snow-fountain\"\u003eSnow Fountain\u003c\/a\u003e and Prunus subhirtella pendula Alba cascade almost to the ground. The plums are grown as much for foliage as flower: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/flowering-plum-purple-leaf-prunus-cerasifera-nigra\"\u003ePrunus cerasifera Nigra\u003c\/a\u003e holds deep purple leaves all summer after single pale pink flowers, Oakville Crimson Spire gives that colouring in a narrow column, and Prunus x blireana carries double pink flowers over bronze-purple growth. Alboplena is a double white flowering peach, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/crataegus-laevigata-pauls-scarlet-red-flowering-hawthorn\"\u003ePauls Scarlet\u003c\/a\u003e is a red flowering hawthorn that copes with exposed, windy sites better than the cherries do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBare root stock, lifted and sold through winter, is the more affordable start, and potted grades run from 180mm and 200mm through 300mm, 330mm and 400mm into 45L, 75L and 100L. The advanced end reaches 150L, 200L and 400L, including standards of Mount Fuji, Cheals Double Pink and the white weeping cherry, already on a clear trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun, in soil that drains. That last point is where most of these trees are lost. Prunus will not tolerate wet feet: in heavy clay, or a lawn bed watered daily, the roots and crown rot out over one wet winter and the tree either collapses in the first hot spell or never shoots in spring. On soil that holds water, plant on a raised mound rather than in a deep hole that fills like a bucket. Keep the graft union above the soil line, mulch out to the drip line but hold it back from the trunk, and water deeply but occasionally. Prune lightly and in dry weather after flowering, because cuts made in cold wet conditions are how silver leaf and canker get in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you are still comparing, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/crabapple\"\u003ecrabapples\u003c\/a\u003e give spring blossom plus autumn fruit on a similar frame, and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/ornamental-and-fruiting-pears\"\u003eornamental and fruiting pears\u003c\/a\u003e offer white blossom on a tougher, more upright tree. Browse \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/feature-trees\"\u003efeature trees\u003c\/a\u003e for other single-specimen ideas, or \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/advanced-trees\"\u003eadvanced trees\u003c\/a\u003e for immediate effect. Every order ships farm-direct with flat $99 delivery across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA, a $399 minimum order, and the 30-Day Healthy Plant Guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"flowering-cherry-erecta-amanogawa-prunus-serrulata","title":"Flowering Cherry - Erecta Amanogawa Prunus serrulata","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew flowering cherries will fit beside a driveway or into a narrow bed, which is why Amanogawa keeps its place in the trade. It grows as a tight, upright, broom-shaped column with branches held almost vertically, so the footprint stays narrow while the tree gains height. That habit makes it workable in courtyards, along fence lines and in avenue pairs where a spreading cherry would want three times the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlossom is semi-double, soft shell pink fading paler, lightly fragrant, and carried along the length of the upright stems rather than out on horizontal branches. Autumn brings warm orange and bronze tones before leaf fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCherries are cool-climate plants and need genuine winter chill to flower properly, so this suits Victoria, the ACT, the NSW tablelands, the Adelaide Hills and the Perth hills far better than warm coastal or subtropical gardens. Plants are grafted, so rub off any shoots that arise below the union. Keep the roots cool and mulched and avoid digging or cultivating around the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 400mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $42.95 to $199.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/when-to-plant-trees-and-shrubs-australia\"\u003ewhen to plant in Australia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308886602097,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311672177009,"sku":null,"price":42.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64446147363185,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/w7fRkFkor1v8w5PVCMxiE_qU6RqqGY.jpg?v=1787628083"},{"product_id":"flowering-cherry-j-h-veitch-prunus-cerasus","title":"Flowering Cherry - J.H. Veitch Prunus cerasus","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn old Japanese cultivar usually listed at home as Fugenzo, J.H. Veitch is the name it picked up in European nurseries in the nineteenth century, and both still turn up on labels. It flowers late in the cherry season, after the early whites and pale pinks are finished, which is useful if you want to stretch a display across several weeks rather than have everything at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blossom is fully double and rosy pink, opening deeper and fading toward the edges, hanging in clusters on a wide, low-branching, almost flat-topped crown. Young leaves emerge coppery and bronze-tinted alongside the flowers rather than after them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt spreads sideways more than it climbs, so treat it as a lawn specimen or a wide verge tree rather than squeezing it into a bed. Give it full sun in a cool-climate garden with real winter chill, in deep soil that drains but does not dry out through summer. Avoid heavy pruning; cherries close large wounds poorly and are better shaped lightly in late summer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"150L","offer_id":64308886700401,"sku":null,"price":939.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"420mm","offer_id":64308886733169,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Ucm5To_4Iq-b1ZGWNpxb9_DWyDxXXs.jpg?v=1787628082"},{"product_id":"flowering-cherry-kanzan-prunus-serrulata","title":"Flowering Cherry - Kanzan Prunus serrulata","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhich cherry is the pink one in every second front garden in the cool-climate suburbs? Usually Kanzan. The blossom is densely double, dozens of petals to a flower, in a strong carmine pink that looks almost artificial, hanging in tight clusters along the branches through spring. New leaves push through coppery bronze at the same time and set the colour off well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHabit changes with age. Young trees are stiffly vase-shaped with branches rising at a sharp angle; older ones widen and flatten into a broad crown. Being fully double it sets no fruit, so there is nothing underfoot beyond spent petals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is grafted, often worked high on a standard stem, and those unions can be brittle in strong wind, so stake young trees properly and keep the head balanced. Winter chill is essential. In warm humid districts flowering is thin and bacterial canker and borer become ongoing problems. Full sun, cool mulched roots, and light pruning only, done in late summer rather than winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 330mm up to Bare root, priced from $51.95 to $289.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/when-to-plant-trees-and-shrubs-australia\"\u003ewhen to plant in Australia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308886962545,"sku":null,"price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308886995313,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308887028081,"sku":null,"price":289.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare root","offer_id":64311636328817,"sku":null,"price":51.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Ptt5C8IFTq7f5KSUwzMwo_44fIbRC6.jpg?v=1787628082"},{"product_id":"flowering-cherry-tai-haku-prunus-serrulata","title":"Flowering Cherry - Tai Haku Prunus serrulata","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemarkably, Tai Haku was lost from cultivation in Japan altogether and was rebuilt from a single tree found growing in an English garden in the 1920s. Every plant offered today traces back to that one rescue, which is a rare thing for a variety grown for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers explain the fuss. They are single rather than double, unusually large for a Japanese cherry, and clean white, opening as the young leaves push out in deep coppery bronze. That contrast of white against new bronze foliage is the signature of this cultivar and holds for a couple of weeks in spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a broad, vigorous, spreading tree rather than a compact ornamental, so give it lawn space and keep it away from paths and eaves. Like all Japanese flowering cherries it wants real winter chill, full sun, summer moisture and soil that drains freely, and it resents root disturbance and heavy cuts. Delivery is a flat $99 across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA on orders over $399.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"150L","offer_id":64308887585137,"sku":null,"price":939.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"420mm","offer_id":64308887617905,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/L3PJrEaxI4H6JcalMn4VM_QEpJw6uf.jpg?v=1787628149"},{"product_id":"flowering-cherry-ukon-prunus-serrulata","title":"Flowering Cherry - Ukon Prunus serrulata","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong flowering cherries, Ukon is the one that throws people. Instead of pink or white, the semi double blossom opens a soft greenish yellow, closer to cream than to anything most people would call a cherry colour, and the flowers usually pick up a pink flush in the throat as they age. New foliage comes through bronze and coppery, which sets the blossom off rather than competing with it, and autumn brings gold and apricot tones before leaf drop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a Prunus serrulata form, so expect the habit of that group: a spreading, fairly upright crown worked on a clear trunk, and a real preference for cold winters. Serrulata cherries want a well drained, open position with air moving through the crown. They sulk in heavy wet clay and are prone to bacterial canker where drainage is poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune only in dry weather during the warmer months, never in winter, and keep the cuts small. Mulch well and avoid digging around the root zone, as the surface roots resent disturbance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, Bare Root Regular, at $42.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? 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The flowers are rosette shaped and crowded, closer in look to a small camellia than to the open single blossom of a fruiting peach. The foliage that follows is long and narrow and mid green, and the tree stays modest enough for a suburban front garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrnamental peaches flower on wood made the previous season, so pruning is not optional. Cut the flowered stems back by roughly a third to a half straight after the display and you get the fresh growth that carries next year's flowers. Leave it alone for a few seasons and bloom thins out on old congested wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaf curl is the recurring problem. Blistered, distorted red new leaves in spring mean the window was missed; a copper spray at bud swell in late winter, before buds open, is the only timing that works. Full sun, and soil that never stays wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 400mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $42.95 to $249.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/when-to-plant-trees-and-shrubs-australia\"\u003ewhen to plant in Australia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308887781745,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311659594097,"sku":null,"price":42.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/cHrRhF5OwK5RZgw-Y7Us1_CPgPfidg.jpg?v=1787628083"},{"product_id":"flowering-plum-elvins-prunus-cerasifera","title":"Flowering Plum - Elvins Prunus cerasifera","description":"\u003cp\u003eElvins is an Australian raised flowering plum, and it does not behave like the purple leaved kinds most people picture when they hear the name. The leaves are plain mid green, and the habit is naturally shrubby and multi stemmed rather than single trunked, so it fills a corner far better than it lines a driveway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat it does have is blossom. In late winter the bare twiggy framework loads up with soft pink semi double flowers along the full length of every stem, thick enough to hide the wood underneath. It has been a fixture in Melbourne and Adelaide gardens for generations for exactly that reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo things to plan for. It suckers and thickens from the base, so either give it room to become a broad shrub or commit to thinning out the oldest stems each year. And because the flowers form on the previous season's wood, any tidy up belongs immediately after the display rather than in autumn or winter. Full sun gives the heaviest bud set; shade gives you a leafy thicket and little else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 180mm Square up to Bare Root Small, priced from $33.95 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/when-to-plant-trees-and-shrubs-australia\"\u003ewhen to plant in Australia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"25L","offer_id":64308888240497,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308888273265,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm Square","offer_id":64308888306033,"sku":null,"price":49.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308888338801,"sku":null,"price":289.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308888371569,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308888404337,"sku":null,"price":40.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Small","offer_id":64311635050865,"sku":null,"price":33.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Bare root","offer_id":64311635083633,"sku":null,"price":49.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/CnSBwtRpQiuA23zpAppEu_YVOfUaNr.jpg?v=1787628083"},{"product_id":"flowering-plum-prunus-cerasifera-nigra-fastigiata","title":"Flowering Plum - Prunus cerasifera Nigra fastigiata","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlossom arrives early, while most of the garden is still bare. Soft pink single flowers open along the upright stems in late winter and early spring, and the new leaves follow deep purple-black, holding that colour through the season rather than fading to green by Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the columnar form, so it stays narrow. That makes it practical for driveway lines, narrow beds against a fence, courtyards, and repeated planting where a spreading ornamental plum would take too much room. Small dark fruit sets in some seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun is not optional if you want the foliage colour, since in shade it turns a muddy bronze-green. Plant into free-draining soil, keep the water up over the first two summers, and accept that ornamental plums are not especially long lived and that stressed trees are the ones borer finds. Bare root stock is available through the dormant season, which is worth considering when you are planting a long run of trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 300mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $42.95 to $1379.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/when-to-plant-trees-and-shrubs-australia\"\u003ewhen to plant in Australia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200L","offer_id":64308888568177,"sku":null,"price":1379.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308888633713,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308888732017,"sku":null,"price":209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308888764785,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308888797553,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311663198577,"sku":null,"price":42.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"400L","offer_id":64446147527025,"sku":null,"price":1659.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"300L","offer_id":64446147559793,"sku":null,"price":1209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64446147592561,"sku":null,"price":999.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/ghsjHIYNdY0FEaVfCpSZn_9kUfGXkS.jpg?v=1787628148"},{"product_id":"flowering-plum-purple-jewel-prunus-virginiana","title":"Flowering Plum - Purple Jewel Prunus virginiana","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike the ornamental plums it sits beside on the bench, Purple Jewel is a chokecherry, Prunus virginiana, and the differences show up quickly. New leaves emerge green and darken to deep purple as they harden, so through spring the crown carries both colours at once. The flowers are not single blossoms on bare wood but small white bottlebrush like spikes held after the leaves, followed by clusters of small dark astringent fruit that birds strip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHabit is narrow and upright, which is useful where a spreading plum would crowd a path or a fence line. Autumn brings reddish tones before leaf fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe known weakness of this species is suckering. Chokecherries throw shoots from the roots, sometimes well out from the trunk, and mowing them off tends to encourage more, so cut them cleanly at their point of origin. It also wants a genuinely cold winter. In humid subtropical gardens the leaf colour muddies and fungal leaf spot becomes a nuisance, which makes it a better proposition for the southern states and the tablelands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 45L up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $48.95 to $239.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/when-to-plant-trees-and-shrubs-australia\"\u003ewhen to plant in Australia\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308888961393,"sku":null,"price":239.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311684497777,"sku":null,"price":48.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/G5a2ECSMDv4A4o3MnwQ9_z33nRHT4.jpg?v=1787628148"},{"product_id":"flowering-plum-purple-leaf-plum-prunus-x-blireana","title":"Flowering Plum - Purple Leaf Plum Prunus x blireana","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo things separate Prunus x blireana from the other purple leaved plums. The first is the flower: fully double, rose pink, carried in quantity on bare wood in late winter and lightly fragrant, a trait it inherits from the Japanese apricot in its parentage. The second is what happens afterwards. New leaves open a rich coppery purple, then drift toward bronze green as summer heat builds, so anyone expecting the flat blackish purple of a Nigra all season is going to be disappointed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt stays a small tree, which suits a front lawn or a courtyard, and it very rarely sets fruit. That is a genuine advantage over the fruiting cerasifera types that drop plums onto paving every summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlants are grafted. Any green leaved growth appearing from the base is rootstock and needs removing at its point of origin before it overtakes the purple top. Full sun for the best foliage colour, free draining soil, and pruning only in the weeks after flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 200mm up to Bare root, priced from $30.95 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? 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Nigra is worked onto a green leaved rootstock, and any shoot appearing below the graft union will outgrow the purple top if it is left to run. Cut those at their origin rather than snapping them off part way up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove the graft it is one of the more dependable dark foliage small trees. Single, pale blush pink blossom opens on bare stems in late winter, ahead of the leaves, and the foliage that follows is a deep blackish purple that holds its colour through summer noticeably better than the double flowered blireana does. Some seasons it sets small dark red plums, edible but sharp, which is worth considering if the tree is going over paving or a driveway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt performs best where winters are properly cold. In shade the leaves lose depth and turn a dull bronze green, so full sun is not negotiable. Keep it out of waterlogged ground, and prune only after flowering has finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 400mm up to 75L, priced from $249.00 to $449.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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Shimidsu Sakura, also sold as Shogetsu, builds a wide, flat topped and distinctly horizontal crown, and the large double flowers hang on unusually long stalks so the blossom drips below the branches rather than sitting on top of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe clear about the colour before you buy. Buds open a soft blush and fade close to white, so despite the pink flowering cherry label this is one of the palest in the group. It shows up best against a dark hedge or red brick, and washes out against a white fence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt needs genuine winter chill and will sulk in subtropical coastal gardens. Give it good drainage, because cherries will not tolerate waterlogged ground. Prune as little as possible and only in dry weather in late summer, never through a wet winter, to reduce the risk of silver leaf and bacterial canker. Rub out any suckers that appear from below the graft union.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"90L","offer_id":64309313012081,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/yNUdHMNL4mKyt-Qr0Bh-D_wmp0NxIG.jpg?v=1787628679"},{"product_id":"prunus-serrulata-cheals-double-pink-weeping-cherry-standards","title":"Japanese Flowering Cherry - Prunus serrulata Cheals Double Pink Weeping Cherry Standards","description":"\u003cp\u003eEverything that weeps here was grafted on. Cheals Weeping is worked onto a straight cherry stem at about head height, so the trunk stays the height it was bought at and only the head grows outward and down. Choose your standard height carefully at purchase, because it cannot be changed later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are what people specify it for: large, fully double, deep rose pink rosettes crowded along the pendulous branches in spring, opening before or alongside the bronze new foliage. Autumn colour is a modest yellow-orange, and the tree stands bare through winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical points. Keep the graft union clear and rub off any shoots on the trunk or below the graft promptly, because understock growth will overtake the weeping head. Cherries dislike wet feet and heavy pruning, so cut only what is dead or crossing, and only in dry weather, to limit silverleaf and bacterial canker. Full sun, moderate water, offered as a single 200L specimen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 100L up to 200L, priced from $709.00 to $1439.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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Grafted as a weeper the branches hang instead of tiering, but the flower is unchanged: large, semi-double, pure white opening from pale pink buds, faintly fragrant, carried in loose clusters along bare wood in spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCherries dislike disturbance. Plant once into free-draining soil, mulch out to the drip line, and keep mowers, whipper snippers and cultivation away from the root plate and the trunk base. Damage low on the stem is where canker usually starts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune as little as you can, only after flowering and only in dry weather. Full sun and moderate water suit it, along with a winter cold enough to set flower buds properly, so it gives a fuller display in Victoria, the tablelands and the Adelaide Hills than in warm coastal gardens. Deciduous, colouring before leaf fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 400mm up to 500mm, priced from $229.00 to $269.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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The effect is a fine veil rather than the heavy pink mass of a Cheals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoliage is small and fresh green through summer, turning soft yellow before leaf fall. The narrow branch structure and pale bark are worth looking at bare, which is not true of every blossom tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it full sun, free-draining soil and moderate consistent water; a saturated lawn will finish it. Mulch to keep the shallow roots cool and keep line trimmers away from the base, since cherries seal wounds poorly. Bare root stock lifted in winter is the most economical way into the larger sizes, with containers from 400mm to 100L for planting outside that window.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 400mm up to Bare root, priced from $109.00 to $759.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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These are grafted standards, with the weeping head worked onto a straight clear stem, so the trunk gains very little length after planting; what changes is the head, which thickens and lengthens its skirt year on year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite single blossom opens along the bare hanging wood in the cold months, well before the leaves, which is why the winter flowering cherries get used beside entries, seating and paths rather than out in a back paddock. The deciduous foliage that follows is small and toothed, quiet through summer, turning soft yellow before it drops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it an open sunny position and free draining soil; it sulks in heavy wet clay and resents having the graft union buried at planting. Keep the stem clear of mower and whipper snipper damage, because cherries bleed gum from wounds and borer follows. Prune only to shorten wayward streamers after flowering, never a hard cut back into old wood. 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The spring flowers are large, semi-double and white with fringed petal edges, carried in loose clusters, and they open alongside the bronze-green new leaves rather than on bare wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tree is deciduous, colouring yellow through soft orange in autumn before dropping. Like all Japanese flowering cherries it needs real winter chill to flower properly, which puts it in Victoria, the ACT, the southern and tableland districts of New South Wales, the Adelaide Hills and the cooler parts of Western Australia rather than the humid coastal subtropics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllow room to match that spread, give it well-drained soil and steady summer moisture, and protect the trunk. 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The crown is narrow and upright with the branches held tight to the leader, and the foliage is deep crimson purple through the warm months, darker than the older purple leaf plums and slower to fade in heat. Pale pink single blossom covers the bare stems ahead of the leaves. It is a tree for narrow verges, fence lines and repeated driveway plantings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSun for colour, and the graft to watch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it full sun. Foliage colour is a direct function of light, and the same tree that sits crimson in the open goes a muddy bronze green in half shade. It suits temperate and cool districts through Victoria, New South Wales, the Adelaide Hills and the south west of Western Australia, and it wants soil that drains, moderate water and a mulched root run kept clear of lawn. 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The difference is what the tree does for the other eleven months. Capital carries glossy green summer foliage and turns red to purple only in late autumn, while Crimson Spire holds dark crimson purple foliage all season and reads as a permanent block of colour rather than a seasonal one. Take the pear if you want a green tree with a big spring and autumn moment on a slightly larger frame. Take this if you want dark foliage against a rendered wall or a light fence from spring through to leaf fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePruning a young plum and keeping it clean\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune ornamental plums in late summer or early autumn, in dry settled weather while the wood is still active, rather than in wet winter when silver leaf and bacterial canker get into fresh cuts. Keep it light: remove damaged or crossing wood, take out any shoot competing with the leader, and otherwise leave the natural column alone. 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