Prunus Species, Purple Cherry Plum, Purple Leaf Plum (Prunus cerasifera)

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Dec 15, 2006

Prunus Species, Purple Cherry Plum, Purple Leaf Plum
Prunus cerasifera

Red-fruited Cherry Plums in my garden in Victoria, Australia, December 2006

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mrs_colla Marin, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 10, 2009

Do you have 2 Prunus cerasifera for cross pollination, or is this type of plums self fruitful?
I have one, and I would like to know how reliably they set fruit.
Thanks for the beautiful pix as well!

Christie

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Mar 10, 2009

Christie,

The Cherry Plums have become naturalised in this area and are very common roadside trees. There are clearly more than one variety and some have dark leaves and red fruit and others have much greener leaves and the fruit can be yellow when ripe, with others intermediate between these. Most seem to set fruit in great quantity, but whether this requires cross-pollination with other varieties I cannot say, although it seems unlikely when you see the amount of fruit they set.

We didn't plant any in our garden, they were brought in by birds depositing the seeds. We do however have two varieties, one dark red and one with yellow fruit, growing very close together, so it remains possible that they do cross-pollinate,

Kennedy

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mrs_colla Marin, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 11, 2009

Kennedy, thanks for your reply! So, it remains to be seen huh, I am the only one with fruit in my county ( almost), so I will tell you if it needs cross pollination! :-)

Christie

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mrs_colla Marin, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 18, 2009

Do you eat the fruit? Or is it ornamental?

CC

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Mar 18, 2009

We often eat the fruit and we make a lot of jam from the fruit, although the stones are a nuisance. The stones don't come easily away from the fruit, so we just include them in the jam and set them aside when spreading the jam on bread!

Ken

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mrs_colla Marin, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 18, 2009

Thanks Ken, I shall stop stalking you now! Hihi

Christie

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