I see wild plums. They're everywhere. And people don't know they're plums. Even I didn't know. When we moved to California, I began seeing these odd red trees—the whole tree is a deep burgundy ...

In place of the Bradford pear, plant wild plum (Prunus americana) instead. It's a single-trunked, drought-resistant tree native to the central and east U.S., mostly planted for its ornamental and ...

I am also interested in adding fruit production to my gardening plan. What Missouri native trees would be appropriate for landscaping and also produce fruit for consumption? When is the best time to ...

Some of the best include persimmon, wild plum, pawpaw, chokecherries, and serviceberries. In addition, persimmon trees grow to around 65 feet tall, but the fruit drops when ripe, so harvesting is ...

Wild plum trees are "very popular" in native landscaping because of their fruit-producing capabilities, support for pollinators and broad white petal flowers and fragrance, according to MDC.

Q: I have a wild plum tree that is about 3 years old. It is the kind that ripens late with real sour purple plums that make really good jelly.

Yes. I could. With the 6 gallons of plums we picked standing in the bed of the pickup, ducked down in the clearing where the cows lay, scaling along the edges of the trees.

Three of these plums have thorns on their stems, while the others are thornless. These are small trees, often more like a shrub than a tree. A 30-foot-tall plum is a large one.

This bacterium is found in Florida’s wild plum trees, but causes no observable damage to the native plums. The recommendation for commercial production of peaches or plums is to remove any ...

Nebraska trees are displaying some pretty colors this spring, and that includes the wild plum thickets you might see on rural roadsides. The wild plum is a shrub, and is known to grow in thickets.

Question: Please help! I just noticed that my wild plum tree in my backyard has some sort of fungus growing on it. Is there anything I can do, or is it diseased beyond repair? It was healthy this ...