Also known as Pissardii Nigra, the black cherry plum is a medium-sized, decidiuous, ornamental tree with a round spreading head and purplish-black branches and twigs. Pale pink single flowers open from deep pink buds on the bare branches in March and occasionally, bears small deep red cherry plums that are edible, but best left to the birds. The emerging leaves are red, turning brownish-purple in summer and red and orange in autumn.
– Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit
– Boasts some of the darkest purple leaves and twigs amongst the Prunus species
– Flowers opens from deep pink buds in early to mid spring, then blooms into masses of bowl shaped, pale pink single flowers
– Grows up to 15-20 ft and performs best in full sun or part shade, in moist, well-drained soils
– This plant is one of the best colour-contrast plants for the garden
Black Cherry Plum or Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’ Tree is ative to south-eastern Europe (i.e. Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Yugoslavia), western Asia (i.e. Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, southern Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan), western China and Pakistan.
