This is an introduced cultivar which occasionally escapes. There were no flowers or fruits on this young plant which was growing a good way from habitation. Stace says that the plant we normally see is cultivar "Prunifolia".

It mostly grows in the the south east of England but is dotted about elsewhere but with little in Scotland and none in Ireland.

Howell's Hill NR London, 2nd July 2007

Added on 5th January 2007, updated 8th December 2008, updated 21st March 2010, updated Se3 4th May 2010