Higan cherry Rosaceae Prunus subhirtella Miq. Listen to the Latin   symbol: PRSU4
Other Fact Sheets
Leaf: Alternate, simple, sharply serrated, narrow elliptical, 2 to 4 inches long, lustrous dark green above, paler and hairy below, glands on the petiole or on the lower portion of leaf.
Flower: Single, light pink, 1/2 to 3/4 inch across, in small clusters, appearing in early spring before the leaves.

Fruit: Drupe, oval-rounded, 3/8 inch across, ripening to black in early summer.

Twig: Slender, glossy, gray-brown, conspicuous lenticels.

Bark: Gray-brown, becomes slightly furrowed with scaly ridge tops.

Form: A small tree reaching 20 to 40 feet in height with slender weeping branches.
 
USDA Plants Database
Prunus subhirtella is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and is not known to widely escape cultivaton.

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