How to grow purpleleaf sandcherry
Prunus x cistena
When to plant purpleleaf sandcherry
Plant this deciduous shrub while dormant, in fall or early spring. Extension guidance rates fall (early enough for roots to establish before the ground freezes) as the best time and spring, just before growth begins, as the next best.
Purpleleaf Sandcherry is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 60 to 96 in apart
- Sun
- Full sun
Common problems
- trunk cankers
- borers
- japanese beetles
- leaf spot
- powdery mildew
- short lived
Sources
- North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension): Prunus x cistena (Purpleleaf Sand Cherry)
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center: Planting Shrubs Correctly (HGIC 1052)
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