Prunus maackii 'Amber Beauty'

Manchurian Cherry

Hardy Tree

£109.99

Stunning copper-coloured bark

Fragrant white blossom

Golden autumn foliage

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Prunus maackii ‘Amber Beauty’ is distinguished by its stunning, coloured bark. Even in the depths of winter, it brightens the garden landscape with its shimmering, smooth, copper bark that peels off in papery strips. This outstanding small tree continues to reward throughout every season with racemes of fragrant, fluffy white blossom in April followed by small black fruits that are attractive to birds. Rich green, serrated foliage transforms to yellow-gold in autumn forming a perfect partner to the amber-coloured trunk. Prunus maackii ‘Amber Beauty’ forms a vigorous, rounded tree with a narrower crown than other varieties. It copes with all soils providing they are well drained. A rival to the more well-known Prunus serrula that arguably offers more multi-season interest. Height: 6 metres (19.6ft). Width: 3 metres (10ft). After 10 years.

Plant height and spread is seasonal therefore we list by pot size rather than a defined plant size. The height and spread of the plant delivered will vary depending on the season, meaning arrival images are an indication only.

Plant Size Height Up to 6m (19.6ft)
Spread Up to 3m (10ft)

Hardiness & Longevity Hardy Tree

Ideal For cottage gardenswildlife gardenslow maintenance gardenspecimen plant

Position In full sun

Flowering Months

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Codes
1 x 12 Litre Potted Plant (KF3314)

Plant Prunus maackii in any moist, fertile, well-drained soil. Incorporate plenty of compost or well-rotted manure prior to planting. Choose a final position in full sun for the best bark colour, flowers and autumn foliage.

Water Prunus trees regularly until fully established. Ornamental cherries require little aftercare. Simply remove any diseased, damaged or crossing shoots to maintain a healthy framework. When pruning cherries it is preferable to wait until midsummer to avoid the risk of ‘silver leaf’ infection. Apply a mulch of well rotted manure or compost around the base of the plant in spring, taking care not to mound mulch up against the stem.

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a delivery charge of £2.99.

Orders which include any other products will incur a delivery charge of £6.99.

Where an order includes both packets of seeds and other products, a maximum delivery charge of £7.99 will apply - regardless of the number of items ordered.

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Please see our Delivery page for further details, and more information on different charges that may apply to certain destinations.

For more information on how we send your plants please visit our Helpful Guide on plant sizes.

Van Meuwen strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.