Common names:
Dessert Plum
European Plum
Plum

Also sold as:
  • Red of Winter

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Life cycle: Other
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 6b
Leaves: Broadleaf
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Fragrant
Flower Color: Multi-Color
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Year Round
Underground structures: Caudex
Uses: Salad greens
Edible Parts: Leaves
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate
Pollinators: Bees
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (CR)

UK National Fruit Collection photo

Comments:
Posted by robertduval14 (Mason, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Mar 19, 2016 5:10 PM

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