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| Latin Name | Prunus Americana |
| Hardiness Zone | 2 |
| Height | 15 ft |
| Spread | 12 ft |
| Sun Requirements | Full Sun |
| Average Time to Bear Fruit | 4 Years |
| Harvest Time | August |
| Soil | Well Drained |
| Flower Time | Mid May |
| Pollination | Needs another plum to cross pollinate with |
Growing Tips
Planting two American Plums is required for cross pollination and fruit. They thrive in well drained fertile soil and will not tolerate being waterlogged. They grow to be about 15 ft tall so they’re a great choice if you’re somewhat limited on space. Most hybrid plums are not great pollinators for each other and in order to get good pollination you need American Plum or Canada Plum to fulfill this need. They can pollinate up to 6 other plum trees that are nearby. Plums benefit from growing in close proximity to one another. Planting a plum thicket or hedge is one of the best ways to ensure better pollination while also creating a beautiful hedgerow. To note, these trees have formidable thorns and tend to spread so this should be taken into account when choosing where to plant.
More about American Plum
American plum is one of the best pollinators for other cultivars of plums, and also takes very well to being grafted. The skin can be astringent but the inside is very sweet and delicious, the taste of homegrown plums is unparalled!
American plum trees are amazing for humans, wild life, and the white beautiful flowers of early spring have the best smell in the world. They are also innately disease resistant and very cold hardy. These trees are seedlings from American Plums collected locally to us, so fruit quality will differ slightly from each tree.