Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Purple plum tree, 1 by JasperDale

JasperDale wrote:
Vossner: Here is something else to consider. Do you know if the tree you have could possibly be the dwarf cultivar called "Purple Pony" ?

Below is a (bad) photo of my Purple Pony flowering plum. It only gets to about 10 feet tall. It's blooms are very sparse and not showy by any means, but I got it for the foliage color, not the blooms.

This one was in very poor condition when I got it. It was majorly root bound and did nothing for about three years. The branch structure was horrible and lopsided. I wanted to keep it at about 8 feet tall, so I regularly prune out all the vertical growth.

I don't give it any special care at all. It gets the usual watering of everything else. Last year it really took off and looks great.

Pruning out the vertical growth made it branch out laterally and keeps it at the desired 8' ht.

I'll take another photo of it later. The sun is in the way at the moment.