Prunus, Purple Cherry Plum, Purple Leaf Plum 'Mixed Hybrids, Noids'

I can remember when I was a kid my grandparents used to have one of these trees.Although they are supposed to be fruitless,this one did b...Read Moreear small plums.Maybe it's because there were some wild plums growing nearby.I also remember something growing on the branches of it that looked like burnt marshmellows.It slowly killed the tree.I now know that this was called Black Knot disease.It's a very big problem on all plum species.It can be prevented by annual spraying.

I have a Purple Leaf Plum in my front yard, which I love for the flowers and leaf color. I had some small, red fruit this year and the b...Read Moreirds ate most of them, so there wasn't a mess on the yard. However, my mother, who lives in Southern Idaho (83328 zip) has the Mt. St. Helens variety. When she purchased and planted two trees about 10 years ago, she was told that they flower but do not produce fruit. Well, this year has been a bountiful year for small purple plums littering the grass and driveway! We picked up about 100 lbs of fruit last weekend and she had previously raked up about 40 lbs of fruit. Is there any type of spray that could be applied at flowering that would prevent fruiting?

I have a purple leaf plum. It is the Mount St. Helens variety, but the leaves are much more green than other plum trees in the area. It...Read More gets about five hours of sunlight a day. Does anybody know what causes such a green leaf color (soil, variety, or only the amount of sunlight)?

I don't have any in my own garden, but they line the streets here in Tacoma, there are many in the gardens where I work in Fife, and seem...Read More to do very well in this area. Our soil is generally rocky. We have wet winters and springs and droughts from mid July into late September. I would like to have one in my own yard, but am concerned about it's proclaimed short life. Any further information on lifespan and signs of a doomed tree would be greatly apreciated.

This tree was here when we moved in and we've been here 5 years this month. I would estimate that it was 3 years old when we arrived so ...Read Moreit is roughly 8 now. Never a problem, I've let it do it's own thing until last year and I pruned it back from the windows of our home. I love it. Provides great foliage during Spring - Fall and gorgeous flowers in the Spring. I haven't fertilized it or given it any special care.

I had two purple leaf plums in my yard. They were pruned, watered, and fertilized regularly. They grew very fast and looked great first...Read More two years. Then some type of bores got into them. I was not able to get rid of them and after about two years the trees were in serious trouble. I recently had to remove both of them and try something else in those two spots. I have not been able to find much information at all re: what bores get in purple leaf plum trees. Have been gardening for over 20 years and this was my first experience with bores like this and I lost the battle.

My plum trees are beautiful when they bloom in the spring, but I have a horrible problem with Japanese beetles. They are attracted to th...Read Moree trees. We have done everything to try and gt rid of the Japanese beetles, but nothing works for long. The beetles have almost destroyed all the leaves on the tree. They are a horrible menace.

Beautiful tree. Easy to shape. Wonderful Color. But, I had to remove it, as it continually sent up sucker trees from the roots. This ...Read Moremay be a lawn problem. Most suckers came up in the area where the lawn was well watered. Any root damage also cause suckers to sprout.

Nice form, good shade tree, interesting bark color and nice flowers in the spring. The only downside is it is a relatively short-lived t...Read Moreree, and those we've grown have suffered from some unnamed maladies that cause limb dieback.