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Korean cherry

Prunus maximowiczii

Also called Miyama cherry, Korean Mountain Cherry, Miyana Cherry

Korean cherry is a small fruiting cherry tree, about 7.5 m tall, native to northeastern Asia and Eurasia. It is usually grown as a hardy ornamental and fruit tree in cool temperate gardens, valued for its white spring blossom and small edible cherries.

Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as: Tree
Light: Full sun, Part shade
Water: Water deeply during dry spells, especially when young, and let the top of the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil: Well-drained, moderately fertile soil; tolerates clay as it grows wild on clayey ground.
Temperature: Hardy in cold winters, roughly -30 to 30 °C; protect young trees from late frosts.
How easy: Easy
Safety: Mildly toxic: Seeds, leaves and bark contain amygdalin and prunasin, which release cyanide when crushed or chewed; the fruit flesh itself is edible.. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Edible: Yes, some parts
Native range: Russian Far East to E. China and Japan
Climate: temperate

About

Prunus maximowiczii, known as Korean cherry, Korean mountain cherry, or Miyama cherry, is a small (about 7.5 m), fruiting cherry tree that can be found growing wild in northeastern Asia and Eurasia.

Where it grows

Korea, China (Heilong Jiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Zhejiang), Russia (Khabarovsk, Primorye, and Sakhalin), and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyushu), often in mountainous, woodland regions and in clayey soil.

Uses

P. maximowiczii is useful in many ways; aside from eating the fruit, the flowers can be used as a condiment, preserved in brine.

Other Prunus plants

Prunus adenopoda · Red stinkwood · Prunus aitchisonii · Alabama cherry · Prunus alaica · Allegheny plum · American plum · Prunus amplifolia · Almond · Desert peach · Chickasaw plum · Prunus annularis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prunus maximowiczii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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