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Prunus padus

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Noun1.Prunus padus - small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions
bird cherry, bird cherry tree - any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds
hagberry - small cherry much liked by birds


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quot; William Bartram found bird cherry, Prunus padus, growing near Augusta, Georgia in 1773 as reported in his book, Travels, when he was taking an inventory of plants growing in the South after the Spaniards abandoned and ceded the land to the English.
Prunus padus is another European-grown cherry and Prunus cerasifera is a native of the Balkans.
Flowering cherries are not my favourites, apart from some of the white, single-flowered varieties such as the winter-flowering Prunus x subhirtella `Autumnalis' (8m, 25ft) and the native bird cherry Prunus padus (6m, 20ft).
 
 
 
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