Great screening and habitat developing plant, cloudy white spring flowers. American Plum is a fast growing tree that will sucker freely to create thickets. Taxonomists claim that plum does not have thorns but a thorn-tipped dwarf shoot. Although not numerous, these dwarf shoots do get your attention if you try to walk through a plum thicket!! Excellent snow white spring blooms in April-May. Fall color is maroon-red. An excellent plant for naturalizing. The highly edible fruit has a sweet flesh and a sour skin that makes for excellent preserves.

Environment:  Xeric  Dry/Mesic  Mesic  Wet/Mesic  Hydric

Exposure:  Shade  Part Shade  Morning Sun  Full Sun

Bloom Period:  Spring  Summer  Fall