Candy Floss flowering cherry
Prunus 'Candy Floss flowering'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Habit
- Upright-spreading / vase
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Foliage color
- Bronze
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Candy Floss flowering' cherry (Prunus 'Candy Floss flowering') is a tree for use as a specimen. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms from early to late spring. The leaves are bronze, and the upright-spreading, vase-shaped habit gives it a graceful outline.
Pairs well with Bridal wreath spiraea, Autumn fern, and Ornamental onion.