Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at

Keele University

Prunus 'Kursar'

Prunus 'Kursar'

A product of crossing P. campanulata (not hardy in the UK latitudes) with P. kurilensis by Capt. Collingwood Ingram. ‘Kursar’ is dark pink, early flowering and frost resistant cherry, vigorous, forming a tree and floriferous. Darkest flowers amongst hardy cherries. This image is from an earlier specimen that has since died.

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