Boasting clusters of vivid, deep pink saucer-shaped flowers, Prunus Kursar is a small deciduous tree of spreading habit. In spring, the tree gives a splash of intense color and provide a breathtaking floral display. The foliage that emerges when the flowers wane is coppery brown at first turns to dark green before warming up to brilliant orange in fall.

Specifications

– Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit
– Typically grows up to 10-15 ft. tall and wide (3-5 m)
– Boasts vivid, deep pink saucer-shaped flowers in spring
– Performs best in full sun in moist, relatively fertile, well-drained soils

Backstory

Kursar Cherry Tree is one of the many flowering cherries developed by Captain Collingwood Ingram, a 20th century English enthusiast who became the leading western authority on the Japanese Flowering Cherries. The name ‘Kursar’ was invented by Collingwood Ingram, and is a combination of Prunus kurilensis and another flowering cherry species, Prunus sargentii – the two species he thought he had crossed when raising it. He later realised his mistake – but kept the name.