Prunus x incam ‘Jim’s Delight’

Prunus x incam ‘Jim’s Delight’ has a vase-shaped tree form with a slight spreading habit. It produces small, single, pink flowers in the spring and is great for driveways or as a street tree. In the autumn, the leaves of Prunus x incam ‘Jim’s Delight’ turn yellow, orange, and red. Prunus x incam is deciduous, not native to New Zealand, and a hybrid between Prunus incisa and Prunus campanulata. Prunus x incam ‘Jim’s Delight’ originated as a chance seedling from a Prunus x incam ‘Okamé’ tree in the garden of Jim Rumbal in Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand and was named after him by Vance Hooper.