Botanical Name: Prunus ilicifolia lyonii
Common Name: Catalina cherry
Type of Plant: dicot: tree/shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an erect, mostly single-trunked plant, forming a dense oval to pyramidal or somewhat rounded canopy; narrow in youth, broadens with age
Height 20-30'(50')
Spread 1/2-3/4
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun best, will survive in shaded locations
Soil well-draining; tolerates heavy adobe soils if kept dry
Hardiness some frost (zones 7-9, 12-24); prefers mild coastal environ.
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, ovate-oval (sometimes elliptic); mostly 2-4" (6") long, glossy dark green; petioles are 1/2-1" long
Flowers creamy white, small, in terminal 4-6" long racemes
Fruit a drupe: dark red-black at maturity, edible
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
a large background mass, screen, or hedge (can be sheared); head high to develop as a tree
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak; is fairly drought tolerant after established
Fertilizing little is needed after established; chlorosis in wet soils
Pruning to shape desired: if flower display is desired, head back
Pests/Diseases Kellogg's white fly, scale, aphids
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Catalina Island
Family: Rosaceae

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