The bird cherry is native deciduous shrubs to trees that occur freely in our landscape, mostly in valley floodplains around streams and rivers. They are easily recognized by their dense, narrowly ovoid shape and vigorous flowering with overhanging racemes of tiny white flowers. Our cultivar ‘Colorata’ is a Swedish variety with soft pink flowers and dark green foliage that emerges in shades of burgundy red to reddish brown in spring.