The Main Plant entry for Plums (Prunus umbellata)

This database entry exists to show plant data and photos that apply generically to all Plums.

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Pollinators: Various insects

Image
Common names
  • Plum
Matching plants under this entry
  • Prunus cerasifera
  • Prunus domestica
  • Prunus domestica subsp. insititia
  • Prunus salicina
  • Prunus salicina var. pubipes
  • Prunus salicina var. salicina
  • Prunus americana
  • Prunus angustifolia
  • Prunus eremophila
  • Prunus geniculata
  • Prunus gracilis
  • Prunus havardii
  • Prunus hortulana
  • Prunus maritima
  • Prunus mexicana
  • Prunus murrayana
  • Prunus nigra
  • Prunus rivularis
  • Prunus subcordata
  • Prunus umbellata
  • Prunus domestica subsp. domestica

Photo Gallery
Location: KYLE
Date: 2019-02-07
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-02-24
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-03-06
Location: KYLE
Date: 2019-02-07
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-11-10
Buds forming in early November
Location: Twisp
Unknown variety, but tasty little plums

credit: Fir0002
Location: Illinois zone 6
Date: 2012-03-17

Date: 2021-09-13
Location: Twisp
Date: October
My unknown yellow plum tree
Location: Illinois zone 6
Date: 2012-03-17
THis plum flowers early before leaves apear

photo credit:  Yoko Nekonomania
This plant is tagged in:
Image Image

Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Feb 8, 2012 2:45 PM concerning plant:
    Valuable source of nectar and pollen for honey bees. Pollen color is light brown to brown.
Plant Events from our members
hampartsum From September 2, 2015 to October 24, 2015 Bloomed
» Post your own event for this plant

« Add a new plant to the database

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by Murky and is called "Pink and Yellow Tulips"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.