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Prunus besseyi

Pawnee Buttes® Sand Cherry

Quick Facts :: Growing Tips

Attract Bees Full and Afternoon Sun Very Xeric Attract 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® Sand Cherry 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
Color White
Regions 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.
Plants for Pollinators Attract Bees, Attract Butterflies
GROWING TIPS

Prefers well drained soil. Heat and wind tolerant.