Prunus 'Pink Shell'

A seedling of uncertain origin but one of the loveliest of cherries.

A small elegant tree with slender spreading branches drooping beneath a wealth of cup shaped delicate shell-pink blossoms at the same time as pale green emerging leaves in early April.

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At Keele: one speciemn near the old University entrance; compartment 56B; square N2; tag 4125.

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