Pink Shell flowering cherry
Prunus 'Pink Shell flowering'
RHS AGM (former)
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Habit
- Spreading / flat-topped
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- White | pink - light
- Fall color
- Orange / red
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Pink Shell flowering' cherry (Prunus 'Pink Shell 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 in early to late spring with white to light pink flowers. The spreading, flat-topped crown turns orange and red in fall.
Pairs well with Karl Foerster feather reed grass, Autumn fern, and Blue Chiffon rose of sharon.