Sargent Cherry

Description

Plants 40' to 50' tall and wide. Foliage reddish-tinged as it emerges, shiny dark green in summer, assuming bronze or red tones in the fall. Flowers single, pink, 1 1/5" to 1 3/5" across borne in late April to early May in 2- to 6-flowered sessile umbels. Fruit a 2/5" long purple-black drupe which ripens in June and July. Bark a rich polished reddish to chestnut brown.