Flowering Almond Bush with Red Berries: Prunus japonica

Identifying Your Shrub

White flowers + red bird-loved berries = likely Prunus japonica (Japanese bush cherry/flowering almond). Varieties exist with white or pink flowers. Berries are edible fruit containing seeds.

Care Notes

• Full sun to part shade.
• Well-drained soil.
• Prune after flowering to shape.
• Birds disperse seeds—may get volunteers.

Not a houseplant—this is an outdoor shrub.