'Bonfire' Flowering Peach

Prunus persica 'Bonfire'

Rosaceae (Rose Family)

▲▼ mature plants about 5 feet tall

▲▼ new leaves dark maroon

▲ prominent yellow glands on petioles of leaves

▲ fruit (reported as inedible)

Location on campus: by west entrance of old one-room school house on west side of Greenwood Lab School; north side of Greenwood Lab School

Prunus persica ‘Bonfire:’ ‘Bonfire’ Flowering Peach:

• * has alternate, lanceolate deep burgundy-colored leaves 3-8 inches long and 1/3 as wide with serrate margins and pointed tip
• * grows 4-6 feet tall and equally wide
• * produces bright pink-red, double flowers in early spring
• * produces wrinkled, inedible, fuzzy, peach-like fruit
• * foliage color holds through growing season
• * prefers moist, well-drained soils; needs water supplementation during dry periods to keep healthy
• * is prone to the many diseases and insect pests of edible peach (same species) but is attractive in the landscape for as long as it can survive