Species and varieties in the National Collection of Flowering Cherries at
Keele University
Prunus 'Collingwood Ingram'
A recent introduction, raised at Arboretum Kalmthout by Robert de Belder, chosen in 1979 by Capt. Collingwood Ingram as the best from a set of P. ‘Kursar’ seedlings at Kalmthout Arboretum Belgium, with the darkest flowers of a batch of seedlings
Erect tree shape - height 4-5m, Spread 3-4m. The single flowers are dark pink c25 mm dia. with even darker pink edges to petals. They appear in March before the leaves. The leaves are bronzy at first, turning dark green before turning orange-red in autumn.
RHS Award of Garden Merit 2012.
Location
- One specimen by the Nursery; square N5; tag 4148. Planted in 2002.