Botanical name: Prunus virginiana
Type: Shrub
Bloom colour: White
Bloom time: April - June
Sun requirement: Full sun - dappled shade
Height: 1 - 4m with a spreading growth habit
Soil moisture: Dry to moist
Ideal habitat: Along streams, moist woods and prairie hillsides
Features: Fast growing shrub with white, butterfly attracting flowers in the early summer. These are followed by dark coloured cherries in the late summer or fall which feed other forms of wildlife.
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