Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
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.
Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1969.
Location
- One specimen near the old University entrance; Square N2; Tag 4125. Planted in 2009.