This flowering cherry almond ‘Spring Glow’ is a beautiful self-fertile tree giving much pleasure on cold grey days in early to mid-spring. A spreading deciduous tree, it has a glorious display of long-lasting deep pink single flowers on bare purple branches followed by lance-shaped, tapered green leaves which develop into wine red and golden orange colour well into autumn. This almond tree has insignificant small spherical fruit that appears in summer.

Flowering cherry almond trees are a low maintenance, vigorous, vase-shaped tree, with a rounding canopy and arching branches as they age. It prefers moist, well-drained fertile soil, chalk, sand, clay, and loam. Plant this almond blossom in full sun or partial shade in a sheltered position, east, west, or south facing.

Cultivation: City, courtyard, cottage & informal gardens

Soil: Well-drained, fertile, chalk, sandy, clay & loam

Position: Sun, partial shade, sheltered, east, west & south

Foliage: Deciduous, good autumn colour

Flowering: Bright pink single flowers in spring

Fruiting: Some, insignificant

Habit: Upright, vase shape

Hardiness: Fully hardy

Growth: Vigorous

Benefits to Wildlife: Yes

Height & Spread in Maturity: 5m x 4m

History: Developed in Australia in the early 20th century. Although similar species have been known since the 16^th century. A hybrid between a prunus dulcis (Almond tree) and a prunus persica (Peach tree) It  has a different habit and flower shape to either of them and is not susceptible to peach leaf curl which is a bonus.