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Plant description:

One of the best colour-contrast plants for the garden, this large deciduous shrub produces dense, black-purple foliage throughout summer and autumn. In spring it has dainty, pale pink blossoms. It needs to be pruned. P. cerasifera ‘Vesuvius’ (red-leaf cherry plum) has wine-red leaves and bears large, pale pink flowers.

Family: Rosaceae

Botanical Pronunciation: PROO-nus sair-ah-SIH-fer-uh

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Botanical name

Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra'

Plant Care

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Flowers

August September October In spring it has dainty, pale pink blossoms.

Common name(s)

Purple leaf plum

Origin

Foliage

This plant produces dense, black-purple foliage throughout summer and autumn.

Uses in landscape design

This plant is one of the best colour-contrast plants for the garden.

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Pers blompruim (A)

August September October
In spring it has dainty, pale pink blossoms.

This plant produces dense, black-purple foliage throughout summer and autumn.
Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’ foliage

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