Name: Prunus padus (Bird cherry)
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Prunus padus (Bird cherry)

Bird Cherry is a scented early bloomer, with white clusters of flowers in late spring. The cherries are dark and bitter fruits that provide a highly attractive food source for birds, such as thrushes, blackbirds and songbirds. The tree's association with birds as a food source is what gives it the name bird cherry.

British Native

Grown From Seed

Soil Stabilisation

Flood Resistant

Drought Tolerant

Drought Resistant

Nitrogen Fixing

Evergreen

Family of Trees: Rosaceae

Habit: Tree, Suitable for Screening

Growth Rate: 30 to 60 cm/year

Optimal Temperature: 10-20°C, hardy to -20°C

Harmful if Eaten?: Toxic Leaves and Seeds

Flowers or Berries: White Flowers in Clusters, Black or Dark Red Berries

Hardiness: H5-H6 (Very Hardy)

Hardiness ratings

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

○ H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
○ H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
○ H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
○ H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
○ H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
○ H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
○ H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
○ H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
○ H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)