Cultivars
'Atropurpurea' Pissard Plum
This upright shrub forms a dense habit and produces light pink flowers that appear before the leaves. The leaves are ruby red on opening, maturing to dark purplish red.

'Festeri'
This upright tree to 10m (30ft) forms a dense habit and produces light pink flowers that appear before the leaves in spring. The leaves are ruby red on opening, maturing to dark purplish red.

'Hessei'
This upright shrub produces narrow reddish brown leaves that have a yellowish margin.

'Hollywood', 'Trailblazer'
This upright tree to 10m (30ft) forms a dense habit and produces white to pink flowers that appear before the leaves. The leaves are green above and purplish below.

'Newport'
This hardy shrub forms a rounded crown and produces light pink flowers that appear before the leaves. The leaves are light bronze on opening and maturing to dark purplish red.

'Nigra'
This smaller plant has deep purple leaves with single pale pink flowers during spring.

'Purpusii'
This shrub has variable foliage that is plum-red with creamy variegation to bronze with yellow-pink variegation.

'Thundercloud'
This upright shrub forms a dense habit and produces single pink fragrant flowers that appear before the leaves. The leaves are deep purplish red.