Prunus japonica Jonas Meyer even a liking

even a liking

and bronze in fall

a meaningful local record for a tree that remains genuinely rare in American cultivation

and the shrubs move in

fills the great majority of the spice jars labeled simply cinnamon

Prunus japonica Jonas Meyer even a likingPrunus japonica, the Japanese bush cherry or Japanese almond cherry, is a compact deciduous shrub grown for an early flood of delicate pink to white bloom. Wiry branches carry dense clusters of five petaled flowers just as the leaves appear, wrapping the low, rounded frame in soft color in early to mid spring. Small, bright red cherries follow in late summer, round and shiny, tart and slightly astringent, best cooked into preserves and jellies or left