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Every Prunus variety, A to Z
The complete Prunus list, the genus most gardeners know as cherry / plum — all 78 varieties in the Sow catalog, alphabetically. For the ones gardeners actually plant most, start from the Prunus hub instead.
A4
- Akebono Yoshino CherryPrunus yedoensis 'Akebono'
- Alderman PlumPrunus domestica 'Alderman Std'
- American PlumPrunus americana
- ApricotPrunus armeniaca
B7
- Beach PlumPrunus maritima
- Belle of Georgia PeachPrunus persica 'Belle Of Georgia'
- Bing CherryPrunus avium 'Bing'
- Black CherryPrunus serotina
- Black Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera 'Nigra'
- Black Tartarian CherryPrunus 'Black Tartarian'
- Bonfire PeachPrunus persica 'Bonfire'
C10
- Canada Red ChokecherryPrunus virginiana 'Canada Red'
- Carmine Jewel CherryPrunus pulsar 'Carmine Jewel'
- Carolina Cherry-laurelPrunus caroliniana
- CherryPrunus cerasus
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Chestnut Hill Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Chestnut Hill'
- Columnar Sargent CherryPrunus sargentii 'Columnaris'
- Common ChokecherryPrunus virginiana
- Contender PeachPrunus persica 'Contender'
D3
- Double Weeping Flowering CherryPrunus subhirtella 'Pendula Flora Plena'
- Dwarf Carolina Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana 'Compacta'
- Dwarf English LaurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Nana'
E2
- Elberta PeachPrunus persica 'Elberta'
- European PlumPrunus domestica
F4
- Feiching Tao White PeachPrunus persica 'Feiching Tao White'
- First Blush Flowering CherryPrunus 'First Blush'
- Flambe PeachPrunus persica 'Flambe'
- Flat Wonderful PeachPrunus persica 'Flat Wonderful'
G3
- Genolia Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Skinny Skip'
- Green Goblet Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Green Goblet'
- Greenfinity Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Greenfinity'
H2
- Hale Haven PeachPrunus persica 'Hale Haven'
- Higan CherryPrunus subhirtella
I1
- Ichiyo CherryPrunus serrulata 'Ichiyo'
J5
- Japanese Apricot 'Koume'Prunus armeniaca 'Koume'
- Japanese Flowering CherryPrunus serrulata
- Japanese PlumPrunus salicina
- John Fanick PeachPrunus persica 'John Fanick'
- Juliet CherryPrunus cerasus 'Juliet'
K2
- Kanzan CherryPrunus saccharinum 'Kanzan'
- Katy ApricotPrunus armeniaca 'Katy'
M4
- Majestic Jade English LaurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Majestic Jade'
- Methley Japanese PlumPrunus salicina 'Methley'
- Montmorency CherryPrunus 'Montmorency'
- Mount Fuji CherryPrunus serrulata 'Shirotae'
N1
- North Star CherryPrunus 'North Star'
O1
- Okame CherryPrunus incam 'Okame'
P11
- Pawnee Buttes Western SandcherryPrunus besseyi 'Pawnee Buttes'
- PeachPrunus persica
- Peach Corinthian RosePrunus persica 'Corinthian Rose'
- Peach Ruby RufflePrunus persica 'Ruby Ruffle'
- Peachy Keen PeachPrunus persica 'Peachy Keen'
- Pendula Plena Rosea Weeping Higan CherryPrunus subhirtella 'Pendula Plena Rosea'
- Pendula Weeping Higan CherryPrunus subhirtella 'Pendula'
- Pink Flair Sargent CherryPrunus sargentii 'Pink Flair Cherry'
- Pink Snow Showers Weeping CherryPrunus 'Pisnshzam'
- Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
- Purpleleaf Sand CherryPrunus cistena
R3
- Rainier CherryPrunus avium 'Rainier'
- Red Haven PeachPrunus persica 'Red Haven'
- Reliance PeachPrunus 'Reliance'
S13
- Santa Barbara PeachPrunus persica 'Santa Barbara'
- Santa Rosa PlumPrunus salicina 'Santa Rosa'
- Sargent CherryPrunus sargentii
- Schipka Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis'
- Shirofugen CherryPrunus serrulata 'Shirofugen'
- Silver MaplePrunus saccharinum
- Snow Fountains Weeping CherryPrunus 'Snofozam'
- Snow Goose CherryPrunus subhirtella 'Snow Goose'
- Snow White PeachPrunus persica 'Snow White'
- Stella CherryPrunus avium 'Stella'
- Sugar PlumPrunus domestica 'Sugar Plum'
- Sweet CherryPrunus avium
- Sweet CherryPrunus avium 'Mix'
V1
- Volcano Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Volcano'
Y1
- Yoshino CherryPrunus yedoensis
Prunus list questions
How many Prunus varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 78 distinct Prunus varieties, all listed above. The wider genus is larger still — this is what is actually available and documented well enough to grow from, rather than every name ever published.
Which Prunus varieties are most popular?
The genus hub ranks them by how many gardeners actually save and plant each one, which is a better reliability signal. This page is the complete list in alphabetical order instead — useful when you already know the variety name you are looking for.
Why do two entries have the same name?
Some Prunus varieties are sold under the same common name by different nurseries, or a cultivar shares a name with the species it came from. Both records are kept and shown with their botanical names so you can tell them apart, rather than one being silently hidden.
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