This section is from the book "A Practical Handbook Of Trees Shrubs Vines And Herbaceous Perennials", by John Kirkegaard. Also available from Amazon: A practical handbook of trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous perennials.
Botanical Name | English Name | 1 Deciduous 2 Evergreen 3 Vine 4 Herbaceous Perennial | Ultimate Height in feet | Color | Time of Bloom | Remarks |
Prunus japonica var. alba plena | Double White Almond | 1 | 5 | White | May | S. Very attractive in the spring when it is covered with showy, double, roselike flowers. Good for the shrubbery border. A. D.G. |
Prunus japonica var. rosea plena | Double Pink Almond | 1 | 5 | Rose | May | S. In habit like the preceding. A. D.G. |
Prunus maritima | Beach Plum | 1 | 4-5 | White | April | S. A good shrub for sea-shore planting or for sandy or gravelly banks. Flowers in umbels, preceding the foliage, which is a dull green. Fruit purple, about the size of a cherry, edible. A.G. |
Prunus Persica var. alba pleno or Persica vulgaris | Double White Peach | 1 | 4-5 | White | May | T. A form of the common Peach with numerous double flowers. Very ornamental while in bloom, and good if planted among coarse growing shrubs. B. C. D. G. |
Prunus Persica var. rosea pleno | Double Rose-colored Peach | 1 | 4-5 | Rose | May | |
Prunus Persica var. fo-liis purpurea | Purple-leaved Peach | 1 | 4-5 | Pink | May | A variety of the common Peach with blood-red foliage in the spring. Flowers single, deep pink. Effective among coarse shrubs. B. C. D. G. |
Prunus pumila | Sand Cherry | 1 | 4-5 | White | May | S. A native shrub with racemes of showy flowers along the slender branches. Excellent for sea-shore planting or on sandy banks. Fruit purple-black, showy; not edible. A. E.G. |
Prunus tomentosa | Japanese Cherry | 1 | 6-7 | Rose | May | S. Coarser and more upright in growth than P. japonica. Flowers double, sometimes 1 1/2 inches across, and very showy. Foliage dark green, hairy. A good shrub for the border. A. D. G. |
Prunus triloba | Flowering Plum | 1 | 5-6 | Rose | May | S. Upright in growth, with slender branches, completely covered with double flowers; individual flowers 1 inch across. Good among tall shrubs. This variety as well as the preceding is generally grafted on Plum or common Peach stock, and in planting care should be taken to set the plant deeply enough so that the grafted part is at least 6 inches below the surface of the ground. A. D.G. |
Pseudolarlx Keempferi | Golden Larch | 2 | 30-40 | T. Pyramidal, dense in growth; foliage about 2 inches long, and brilliant yellow in early spring. Good among tall evergreens. A. D. F. | ||
Pseudotsuga Douglasii | Douglas's Spruce | 2 | 40-50 | T. Pyramidal in growth with horizontal branches. Foliage soft dark |
 
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