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Q:I have a decorative tree called a sand cherry.I just noticed that there are many places on the branches that are raised, black, deformed lumps. It is on almost every branch. Some of the branches ...

Thirty and 40 years ago the hot shrub was purple leaf sand cherry (Prunus x ‘cistena’). At the same time, Euonymus gaiety (Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’) was wildly popular.

One to consider is the purple leaf sand cherry, P x cistena Crimson Dwarf. Its bright reddish purple leaves keep going all summer before turning a greenish-bronze in autumn.