General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Monsieur Hatif'
  • 'Monsieur Hâtif'

Common names
  • Culinary Plum
  • European Plum
  • Plum
Also sold as:
  • Early Orleans

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UK National Fruit Collection photo

UK National Fruit Collection photo
Comments:
  • Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Mar 23, 2016 3:32 PM concerning plant:
    Thought to be of French origin but has been known in England for 300 years.

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