Bissett Nursery - Nursery Listing

This beautiful tree is perhaps the most colorful of all flowering plums! Oval crown holds dark purple-black foliage preceded by showy light pink flowers. Great ornamental accent for landscapes. Seldom fruits.

2½-3" B & B
3-3½" B & B

PRUNUS cerasifera 'Thundercloud'

Purple Leaf Flowering Plum

Height: 15-25' Width: 15-25' Zone: 4

Terrific landscape tree with dark coppery-purple leaves; the foliage coloring holds through the season. Fragrant pale pink to white blooms. Bears small red fruit. Considered the best purple plum as rich color persists into early fall.

#15 container
1¾-2" B & B
2-2½" B & B
2½-3" B & B
3-3½" B & B

PRUNUS cistena

Purpleleaf Sand Cherry

Height: 7-10' Width: 6-8' Zone: 2

Fragrant, light pink flowers after dark purple leaves in early spring. This multi-stem shrub is extremely cold hardly and holds its rich dark purple color throughout summer. Excellent for massing to add color amongst the landscape.

#3 container
#5 container
#7 container

PRUNUS laurocerasus 'Nana'

Dwarf English Laurel

Height: 6-8' Width: 6-8' Zone: 7

Very useful for accent or low hedges. An evergreen, low-growing shrub with glossy dark green foliage on a compact, broadly spreading form. Lovely when in full bloom.

#10 container
30-36" B & B
3-4' B & B

PRUNUS laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'

Otto Luyken Cherrylaurel

Height: 3-4' Width: 6' Zone: 6

Lush-growing evergreen shrub with abundant showy white flower spikes in mid-spring and small black fruit. Compact spreading form with dark green lustrous leaves. Excellent for dense shade.

#2 container
#5 container
#7 container
#10 container 15-28" B & B
18-24" B & B
24-30" B & B
30-36" B & B
3-4' B & B

PRUNUS laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis'

Skip Laurel, Schipka Cherrylaurel

Height: 4-6' Width: 6-8' Zone: 6

Upright, dense form with dark green lustrous leaves and fragrant white flowers mid-spring. Glossy foliage on a dense, vase-shaped form displaying a layered effect. Great for hedging or privacy screen. Excellent plant for dense shade.

#5 container
#7 container
#10 container
30-36"
3-4' 4-5'
5-6'
6-7'
7-8'

PRUNUS maritima

Beach Plum

Height: 8-10' Width: 5-8' Zone: 3

This low maintenance, fruiting ornamental is excellent for informal tree borders or naturalistic settings with dainty masses of small white flowers in April and an open, rounded plant habit. Ideal for sandy soil and seaside planting.

#3 container
#5 container

PRUNUS sargenti 'Columnaris'

Columnar Sargent Cherry

Height: 25-35' Width: 10-15' Zone:

Pink flowers in May. Shiny reddish brown bark. Yellow to bronze to red autumn foliage. Forms an upright columnar to narrow vase-shape.

2-2½"
2½-3"
3-3½"
3½-4"
4-4½"

PRUNUS sargenti 'Hillieri Spire'

Upright Sargent Cherry

Height: 25-30' Width: 8-10' Zone: 5

Fastigiate tree exhibiting both spring and fall landscape appeal. Single soft pink flowers in spring and fall foliage of orange, red and yellow make this an interesting addition to northern gardens in particular.

2-2½"

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