Propagation
Take hardwood cuttings in winter.
Plants are budded onto seedling understock.


Botanic information
Leaf: The leaves are ovate to elliptical up to 40 mm (1? in) wide with a finely crenulate margin. The apex is acute to obtuse and the petiole is up to 12mm (˝in) long.

Flower: The single crateriform flowers appear on a short spur branch when the tree is 1 to 3 years old and normally before the leaves during early spring. The cultivar 'Nigra' has single pale pink flowers with a reddish calyx and also appear during early spring.

Fruit: The ovoid fleshy drupeis reddish greenand edible but not palatable.The small seeds are viable but the plant is normally reproduced vegetatively.