Japanese apricot

( Alba Plena Japanese Apricot )
'Alba Plena' is a cultivar with double, white flowers. Prunus mume is an interesting tree that may take a normal rounded form, corkscrew, or pendulous growth habit.

Japanese Apricot, Japanese Flowering Apricot, Japanese Flowering Plum PRU-nus MU-may ...

Flowering Apricot, Japanese Apricot, Japanese Flowering Apricot, Mume, Ume
Common Names in French:
Abricotier Du Japon, Abricotier Japonais ...

The Japanese Apricot or Japanese flowering-apricot is also called the Japanese plum tree --a name usually applied in the West to Prunus salicina.

Common name(s): mume, ume, mei flower, Chinese plum, Japanese apricot.
Synonym(s): Armeniaca mume
Conservation Status: Not threatened.

Japanese apricot ( Prunus mume ) Small, oval leaves, slender growth, bright pink flowers in winter. Almond ( Prunus amygdalus ) Pointed, slightly dentate leaves, white flowers in winter.

Many heat-loving plants, such as common boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) and Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) will not overwinter in colder zones. In zone 6, both groups can grow happily in the same garden! ...

See also: Apricot, Pink, Maple, Plum, Green