Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native plants & Wildflowers. Part 5, 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
The American Plum is a native, but not a Texas native. It grows to 10' to 15'. It tends to form thickets easily since it suckers from roots. The Mexican Plum is a native of Texas and does not present any suckering problems. It grows to a larger size — 20' - 25'. Since you have already bought the American Plum, you might want to put a barrier in the ground around your plums. Plant them in a half barrel.

The road leading to our ranch is lined with Chickasaw Plum, Prunus angustifolia. If American Plum suckers the way Chickasaw Plums do, I would put them in a pot!!! The county comes by several times a year and shreds everything within 5+ feet of the road. That is the only thing keeping the plums at bay on the side of the road. You should see them in our neighbor's pasture. Plums are good!