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Name: Dave Whitinger Jacksonville, Texas (Zone 8b)              |
| I want a parent plant for plums. The genus Prunus contains many trees other than plums, though, so I need to narrow down these species. Prunus domestica is the main plum species. I also see some plums in our database under two other species, such as: Mirabelle Plum (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia 'Nancy') Plum (Prunus cerasifera Gypsy®) And we have some cultivars that are simply listed with just the genus, like: Plum (Prunus BlackIce®) Are the insititia and cerasifera species valid? Should I make the parent plant cover all 3 of these species? And the ones that are on the genus level only, should we endeavor to find the right species for them and edit them? |
Name: Zuzu Northern California (Zone 9a)          |
| P. cerasifera and P. domestica are accepted names, but P. insititia is now a synonym for P. domestica subsp. insititia. I'll edit the entries with that name. |
Name: Dave Whitinger Jacksonville, Texas (Zone 8b) |
Thank you zuzu  I setup The Plums Database and the parent plant contains all the matching species: Plums (Prunus umbellata) |
Name: Zuzu Northern California (Zone 9a) |
| Looks good. Do all plum trees have white blooms? No pinks? |
Name: Dave Whitinger Jacksonville, Texas (Zone 8b) |
I removed white from the list.  |
Name: Evan Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)          |
| If we're looking for fruit trees I'd eliminate Prunus cerasifera, these are mostly ornamental trees. Delete: self fertile Evan |
Name: Zuzu Northern California (Zone 9a) |
| But are we looking only for fruit trees? If I had a flowering plum that didn't bear fruit, I'd still want to look for it in the Plum Database. |
Name: Dave Whitinger Jacksonville, Texas (Zone 8b) |
| Yeah, I was thinking we'd want to cover both flowering and fruiting varieties. I'll delete self fertile. |
Name: Evan Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a) |
| OK. Evan |
Name: Kent Pfeiffer Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)   |
| Shouldn't the Prunus salicina (Japanese) cultivars be included? |
Name: Dave Whitinger Jacksonville, Texas (Zone 8b) |
| Thanks Kent, I've added them. |
Name: Kent Pfeiffer Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b) |
| Probably should also add these species: 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 and any cultivars associated with them. With the exception of the first two (which are Japanese Plum varieties), those are just the North American species of plums. I don't know the Old World Prunus species well enough to say which are plums, which are cherries, etc. |
Name: Kent Pfeiffer Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b) |
| Might also want to remove the checkboxes for Water Preferences: Mesic and Underground Structures: Taproot. |
Name: Dave Whitinger Jacksonville, Texas (Zone 8b) |
| Thank so Kent, I will do these! |
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