Chocolate Ice flowering cherry
Prunus 'Chocolate Ice flowering'
RHS AGM (current)
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Habit
- Upright-spreading / vase
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- White
- Fall color
- Orange / gold
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Chocolate Ice flowering' cherry (Prunus 'Chocolate Ice 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. White flowers open from early to late spring. The upright-spreading, vase-shaped crown turns orange and gold in fall.
Pairs well with Bridal wreath spiraea, Shasta daisy, and Autumn fern.