Item # 80405
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Prunus besseyi 'Pawnee Buttes'

Pawnee Buttes Sand Cherry

Quick Facts :: Growing Tips

Full and Afternoon Sun Very Xeric Attracts Butterflies Western Only  Legend

Description:

Jutting up from the plains of northeastern Colorado, the Pawnee Buttes are a majestic sight. This starkly beautiful land is also a place of extreme weather and growing conditions. Discovered growing there, ‘Pawnee Buttes’ is the unique groundcover variety selection of Sand Cherry. Enjoy it for its tough-as-nails constitution, groundcover growth habit, profusion of fragrant late spring flowers and fabulous glossy foliage. Fall turns the foliage a beautiful mahogany-red. Grows rapidly with modest supplemental irrigation and thrives in lean well-drained non-clay soils. Zones 4-8. 15-18” x 4-6’ wide, (cutting propagated).

Special Notes:

Attracts birds.

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QUICK FACTS
USDA Growing Zones 4 - 8
Regions Hot Desert, Suitable for Elevations Above 7000 ft., Western Only
Rain Less than 10in., 10in - 20in
Bloom Time Late Spring
Sun Full and Afternoon Sun
Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil
Moisture Very Xeric
Height Medium - 12in. to 36in.
Attractive to Friendly Visitors Attracts Butterflies
GROWING TIPS

Prefers well drained soil. Heat and wind tolerant.