Desert Peach Bush Seeds for Planting (5 Seeds) - Prunus andersonii

Prunus andersonii is a species of shrub in the rose family , part of the same genus as the peach , cherry , and almond . Its common names include desert peach and desert almond . It is native to eastern California and western Nevada , where it grows in forests and scrub in desert and mountains. This shrub approaches two meters in maximum height, its tangling branches narrowing to spiny-tipped twigs. Serrated, lance-shaped to oval leaves occur in clusters, each leaf measuring up to 3 centimeters long. The shrub is deciduous . The inflorescence is a solitary flower or pair of flowers. Each flower has usually five concave pink petals each just under a centimeter long, with many whiskerlike stamens at the center. Flowers bloom before or at the same time as the leaves grow. The fruit is a fuzzy reddish-orange drupe around a centimeter wide. The fruits are fleshy is years with ample moisture, and dry in drought years. The seed is a heart-shaped stone. The plant reproduces sexually via germination of the seed, and vegetatively by sprouting from its rhizome . One plant may sprout and resprout from its rhizomes to form a very large clone which can spread over several acres .