Job's Nursery and Pumpkin Patch LLC

Helping Tri-City Gardeners Grow Since 1940!

Job's Nursery LLC is a family owned nursery and tree farm that offers a wide selection of outdoor plants that are hardy for our area. We are located just north of Pasco on Columbia River Road.  It's a short trip to a beautiful location to escape the hustle and bustle of your everyday life.

 

 

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Almond, Double Pink Flowering

Prunus glandulosa 'Rosea Plena'

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Almond, Double Pink Flowering (Prunus glandulosa 'Rosea Plena') at Job's Nursery

Almond, Double Pink Flowering flowers

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Height:  6 feet

Spread:  4 feet

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  4a

Other Names:  Dwarf Flowering Almond

Description:

An open, upright shrub smothered in frothy double pink flowers in early spring, redeces to the background the rest of the year, so use in conjunction with other plants for best effect; needs full sun and well-drained soil, most effective in mass plantings

Ornamental Features

Almond, Double Pink Flowering is draped in stunning clusters of fragrant pink flowers along the branches in mid spring before the leaves. It has green deciduous foliage. The narrow leaves turn yellow in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Almond, Double Pink Flowering is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Almond, Double Pink Flowering is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Almond, Double Pink Flowering will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

 
 
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