{"id":7479,"date":"2010-05-23T00:17:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T07:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7479"},"modified":"2010-05-22T05:59:27","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T12:59:27","slug":"bird-cherry-prunus-padus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/bird-cherry-prunus-padus\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Cherry &#8211; Prunus Padus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Prunus padus blossom \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4607094252\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1006\/4607094252_c0e74f58f2.jpg\" alt=\"Prunus padus blossom\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not the the traditonal blousy Japanese cherry but the purple-leaved bird cherry is a more unusual choice for the large garden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bird Cherry Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Smaller than the wild cherry it will still grow to circa 20-30 feet with a similar spread.<\/li>\n<li> Dark purple shoots appear in spring followed by coppery-purple foliage that gradually fades to green.<\/li>\n<li> The dark foliage is the perfect foil for the delicate pale-pink flowers, which are held on elongated clusters.<\/li>\n<li> The flowers have a delicate almond scent<\/li>\n<li> These are followed later in the year by astringent black fruits which birds adore.<\/li>\n<li> The bird cherry will grow on most neutral to alkaline soils and is particularly good for chalky soils.<\/li>\n<li>Often seen in mixed hedges that support wild life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bird Cherry Varieties<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Albertii is a vigorous free growing fome of Prunus Padus<\/li>\n<li> Clorata has an AGM for young coppery leaves and pale pink flowers.<\/li>\n<li> Waterii grandiflora long racemes of flowers and also has an AGM<strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li> Prunus padus commutata  The Mayday Tree is of medium height (30&#8242;), low-branched and has a compact, rounded canopy that may reach 20&#8242;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not the the traditonal blousy Japanese cherry but the purple-leaved bird cherry is a more unusual choice for the large garden. Bird Cherry Description Smaller than the wild cherry it will still grow to circa 20-30 feet with a similar spread. Dark purple shoots appear in spring followed by coppery-purple foliage that gradually fades to green. The dark foliage is the perfect foil for the delicate pale-pink flowers, which are held on elongated clusters. The flowers have a delicate almond&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/bird-cherry-prunus-padus\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}