bird cherry
Prunus padus
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones3 to 6
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
Size20 to 40 feet tall20 to 40 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- White
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Bird cherry (Prunus padus) is a tree for pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun. White flowers open in mid to late spring. Bees visit the blooms for nectar. The tree can reach 20 to 40 feet tall and wide, so give it plenty of room.
Pairs well with Amur maple, Horse chestnut, Snowdrop, and Dropmore Scarlet honeysuckle.
Native range
Europe, Central Asia, Asia, Africa, and 19 more places. See all 23
Europe, Central Asia, Asia, Africa, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Magadan, Manchuria, NW. Balkan Pen., Primorye, Qinghai, Sakhalin, Tuva, Türkiye, Xinjiang, and Yakutiya.