''Prunus'' × ''schmittii'', Schmitt's cherry, is a

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flowering cherry A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of genus ''Prunus'' or ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especially in Japan. They generally ...

that is the result of a cross between ''

Prunus canescens ''Prunus canescens'', the gray-leaf cherry (and hoary cherry, although that name is also used for '' Prunus incana''), is a species of cherry native to China, found in Hubei and Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; ...

'' (gray-leaf cherry) and ''

Prunus avium ''Prunus avium'', commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry, gean, or bird cherryWorld Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, ...

'' (sweet cherry). It is useful as a

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in narrow spaces due to its very slender, conical growth form. Debuting in 1923, ''P.'' × ''schmittii'' is a fast-growing tree, typically reaching 7 to 12m, 15m in favorable spots. Its small, pale pink star- or propeller-shaped flowers arrive in April and attract bees and other pollinators due to their heavy production of pollen. Its small red drupes are relished by birds. The shiny decorative bark is a mahogany brown with prominent horizontal lenticels. The fall foliage is orange-yellow. Multi- and single- stem varieties are available from commercial nurseries.

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schmittii Hybrid prunus Cherry blossom Interspecific plant hybrids Ornamental plant cultivars Plants described in 1939 {{prunus-stub