Prunus Maackii (Manchurian Cherry) 'Amber Beauty'

Species	:	Prunus Maackii Amber Beauty
Common Name(s)	:	Manchurian Cherry
Tree Features	:	Coloured Bark,White Flower
Genus	:	Prunus
Growth Rate	:	Fast Growing
Seasons of Interest	:	Spring Interest,Winter Interest
Shape	:	Rounded
Mature Size	:	Medium (10-15m)
Tree Type	:	Deciduous Broad Leaf
Tolerances	:	Pollution resistant
Tree uses	:	Urban Sites,Garden,Avenue Trees,Parkland Trees

A Dutch selection of the Manchurian Cherry.

Thriving on most free draining soils the white flowers in spring are more akin to Bird Cherry than anything else and their effect is lovely against a clear blue sky.

Stunning in winter with its smoothly polished, golden stems, this cultivar of medium height and rounded form is early into leaf in spring.

It is a stout and vigorous grower tolerating the harsher aspects of our urban environments.

I have seen this clone planted as a street tree in Portsmouth and it makes a fantastically stocky tree with a rounded crown as it drifts into maturity.

Mature height: 5-10m

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