1、 Different flowers

The flowers and leaves of hairy cherry are open together. The flowers are white with a little pink. The position of sepals is red. The shape is triangular oval and covered with a layer of short pubescence

The flowers of elm leaf plum bloom earlier than the time when the leaves grow. Generally, it has 1-2 flowers, with a diameter of about 2-3cm. The shape of the petals is nearly circular or wide obovate, with single and double petals. The flower color is pink, which is deeper and more pink than the former

2、 Different leaves

The leaves of hairy cherry are oval or obovate in shape, with sharp serrations on the edge, and are not arranged neatly. There are small villi on both sides of the leaves

The leaf shape of elm leaf plum is wide oval to obovate, which looks more like the leaves of elm. Its leaf edge is coarse sawtooth, with hair on the back, but the front is relatively smooth

3、 Different fruits

The fruit setting rate of hairy cherry is relatively high and produces more fruits, but a single fruit is small, with a diameter of about 0.8-1 cm

The fruit setting rate of elm leaf plum is very low, especially for double petal varieties, but the single fruit is large, with a diameter of about 1-1.5 cm