Pawnee Buttes Sand Cherry Prunus besseyi 'Pawnee Buttes'

  • Drought Tolerant
  • White scented flowers 
  • ​Low and spreading
  • ​​Max Elevation 8,500ft

Height: 3-4ft 

Spread: 3-5ft

FULL SUN

LOW WATER
DROUGHT TOLERANT
An outstanding selection of our western native sand cherry, Pawnee Buttes is a low growing, graceful, groundcover shrub with a profusion of fragrant, white flowers in April produce heavy crops of black cherries in summer that are attractive to wildlife. The fall brings showy mahogany-red foliage. 

Pawnee Buttes Sand Cherry can be grown is clay, loam, or sandy soils and is a very drought tolerant option.Give it plenty of room to grow, however occasional hand pruning of small limbs will keep this well-behaved plant in a beautiful uniform shape.