This specific cultivar is a flowering tree celebrated for its vibrant yellow blossoms in early spring, typically showing earlier than its leaves emerge. Its fruit, a vivid pink drupe, ripens in late summer season, providing a tart taste appropriate for preserves and jams. The ‘Golden Glory’ variant is particularly recognized for its upright progress behavior and profuse flowering, making it a hanging decorative addition to landscapes.
Cultivating this tree gives early-season pollen for pollinators when different sources are scarce. The fruit gives a meals supply for wildlife. Traditionally, the fruit has been utilized in conventional medication and culinary purposes. Its strong nature and flexibility to varied soil sorts additional improve its worth as a panorama specimen.