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: Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Cherry Plum
  • Purple Leaf Plum
  • Purple Cherry Plum
  • Plum

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-04-09
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-29
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-08-22
Closeup of the leaves, mid summer.  They never turn fully green b
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-05-28
Comments:
  • Posted by Skiekitty (Denver Metro - Zone 5a) on Apr 14, 2014 12:03 PM concerning plant:
    Tolerates zone 5 winters with no protection. Blooms mid spring, so there's always a chance of blooms even with a late freeze. Fruitless.

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