General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 6 to 14 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 14 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Bluish-black plums with yellowish-green flesh, each containing a single seed.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Other: Grafting
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Plum
  • Damson
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Prunus domestica subsp. insititia
  • Synonym: Prunus insititia

Photo Gallery
Location: England
Date: 04/06/2009
photo by Claire Higgins via her web site: http://clairehiggins.co
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-04-13
Blooming in the kitchen garden
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-30

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