What is a flowering plum?

Flowering plums are small trees that are grown for their ornamental flowers and colored autumn leaves rather than plums. At the beginning of spring they produce masses of pink or white flowers. There are many different types of these decorative trees and some carry edible fruit. Flowering plums look very similar to flowering peach and cherry trees.

Mature flowering plum tree produces thousands of flowers that can be either four plum individual flowers or double. Double flowers resemble small peonies and both types usually have bright pink stripes in the center of each petal. Plum Blossoms takes only a few days to fall away and create a blanket of petals on the ground. Color leaves increase the interest in the autumn landscape and after the first frost they turn red, purple or bronze.

These repair fruit trees require a few hours of direct sunlight every day and need to be planted where they have enough space to spread their quill. Fully adults toFally plums can reach up to 25 feet (7.6 m) across, so they should not be planted near houses or other structures. They are wider than high, with most trees reaching a height of only 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6 m). However, there are cultivars of plum dwarves that are much smaller.

Plum care is generally easy because it is very low maintenance and resistant to most insect pests and diseases. Light pruning should be done early in the spring and remove only dead branches or those that are unproductive to support new growth. Pruning should never be done in the autumn, as immature floral buds can be removed and the tree does not have to bloom for all the following spring.

flowering plums can survive very cold winters and hot years. It benefits from a layer of thick mulch to make the soil wet and also protect the roots from snow and ice. Tree wraps are used during the winterto prevent the sap from freezing, which can cause the strains to be distributed. Wraps should always be removed in the spring as soon as all the risk of frost passed.

These trees are often planted along the streets of towns or in commercial landscapes, where they mix well with other spring flowering trees. They also look beautiful when they are set alone in a large yard. Children often enjoy their shadow while watching butterflies, bees and hummingbirds that attract plums in a flock.