Purpleleaf Sandcherry

Purpleleaf Sandcherry is a deciduous shrub with an upright mounding habit that can be trained as a tree and attractive rosy purple foliage that holds its color well into fall and emerges a warm red.  Masses of lightly fragrant white flowers bloom in early spring.  Insignificant fruits.  Grows best in part sun in Southern climates and rich moist well-drained soils.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Medium Maintenance.   Pests that can do significant damage include trunk cankers, borers, and japanese beetles. Other potential additional insects include aphids, scale, leafhoppers, caterpillars and tent caterpillars. Potential diseases include leaf spot, dieback, leaf curl, powdery mildew, root rot, honey fungus and fireblight. Spider mites may also be troublesome.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas,  Wildlife Gardens, and Shade Tree.

COMPANION PLANTS: Hibiscus, Coneflower, Viburnum

IMAGES: ParentingPatch, Freshly pruned sand cherry bush, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Matt Lavin, Prunus x cistena - the purple leaf sand cherry - 52349333672, CC BY-SA 2.0, (3) Matt Lavin, Prunus x cistena - the purple leaf sand cherry - 52350522663, CC BY-SA 2.0, (4) Matt Lavin, Prunus x cistena - the purple leaf sand cherry - 52350529378, CC BY-SA 2.0, (5) Maya Maceka, Sandy Cherry Tree (6997926362), CC BY 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.