Prunus serrula var. tibetica

Planted: 2010

This tree is on the north side of the Malus Avenue.

Distribution:	Native to China.
Supplier:	Bluebell Arboretun and Nursery, Smisby, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire.
Growth Habit:	Deciduous tree, 6 to 9 m, rounded.
Bark:	Bark can be a glossy red-brown, mahogany-like, which ultimately peels; handsome in winter when well exposed.
Leaf:	Simple, lanceolate, 5 to 10 cm long, regularly serrate (with small serrations).
Flowers:	White, 1.5 to 2 cm wide, grouped in 1 to 3, nodding, stalks 1.2 cm long, produced in Spring with, and hidden, by foliage.
Seeds:	Fruit oval, bright red, about 0.6 cm long.
Uses:	As an ornamental tree to provide winter interest with its mahogany-like bark. Also used as an interstem (interstock) for some Japanese flowering cherries.
Plant Hunter:	Ernest Henry Wilson collected it in the region of Tatsien-lu (Kangting) in Western Szechwan.
Introduction Date:	It was also collected later by George Forrest in 1913 from Yunnan. Second introduction by Roy Lancaster in 1981, from Sichuan.
Anecdotes and Comments:	Recognised with the Award of Garden Merit in 2002 by the Royal Horticultural Society.