| | |frost, but open when the
| | |weather gets milder. The
| | |leaves are broader and of
| | |duller colour than those of
| | |the Almond, but the flowers
| | |are of about the same size
| | |and substance. There are
| | |two forms, alba, white,
| | |which is the best, and
| | |rubra, rose or red.
| | |Beautiful under glass.
| | |
P. incana |Asia Minor |Pale red; |This species is allied to
(Amygdalus incana) | |March and |the pretty P. nana; it is a
| |April |spreading shrub 4 to 6 feet
| | |high with linear leaves
| | |silvery-white underneath.
| | |The flowers are about half
| | |the size of those of the
| | |Almond and freely produced.
| | |
*P. nana (Amygdalus|Eastern Europe |Rose; |This delightful little
nana) |and the southern|March and |shrub is rarely more than 3
|parts of Russia |April |feet high, the thin twiggy
| | |growths being covered every
| | |Spring with rose-coloured
| | |flowers. It makes a
| | |charming bed for the
| | |Spring, and is very easily
| | |increased by layering.
| | |
P. orientalis |Western Asia |Rose; |This shrub grows to a
| |April |height of about 6 feet, but
| | |is not very hardy. So
| | |many, howe