General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Shrub
Tree
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 8b
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| Plant Height: |
15 to 30 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
15 to 25 feet |
| Leaves: |
Deciduous
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| Fruit: |
Showy
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| Fruiting Time: |
Summer
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| Flowers: |
Showy
Blooms on old wood
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| Flower Color: |
White
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| Flower Time: |
Late winter or early spring
Spring
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| Uses: |
Flowering Tree
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| Edible Parts: |
Fruit
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
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| Pollinators: |
Various insects
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| Miscellaneous: |
Monoecious
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- Accepted: Prunus cerasifera
- Synonym: Prunus nachichevanica
Posted by
skopjecollection (SE europe(balkans) - Zone 6b) on Oct 3, 2020 9:04 AM concerning plant:
Here, it's a common sight in many remote villages. Taste is both sweeter and slightly more tart than common plums. Sometimes, wild trees can be found on exposed hillsides.
A short, densely branched tree
Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Oct 27, 2019 9:09 AM concerning plant:
This Cherry Plum or Myrobalan Plum is a small, shrubby, rounded tree native to western Asia. Its leaves are 1.5 to 2.5 inches long by 1 to 1.25 inches wide. I've never seen the mother species herself, but a number of cultivars have been selected from her that bear a red-purple color all season long. In the United States the two most common cultivars are 'Newport' and 'Thundercloud' that were taken out of "Atropurpurea' that was the original red foliaged cultivar from Iran.
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