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Bill
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[teacher] The Flowering Plum (Prunus blireiana) is a small deciduous tree which will only grow to a height of 15-20 feet, with a 15 foot spread. The fragrant, one inch, pink flowers appear in early spring followed by purple foliage which turns green by mid-summer. Flowering Plums seldom produce fruit due to a lack of pollinators when they bloom, but the dark purple plums are edible.

It blooms best in full sun but will tolerate partial shade.
It grows best in moist, well draining soil.
Flowering Plums are hardy in USDA zones 5-9.


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[grin]  - This is a Cedar Hill flower!
C.H. bloom date March 5

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From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002  |  IP: Logged
weezie13
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That is such a beautiful pink...

Great photo Bill!!!

Weezie

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tkhooper
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Those blooms are gorgeous. With my incline and very clay soil would this tree stand a chance? And might it provide enough shade that I could have my peonies in a healthier light situation?

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Bill
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quote:
With my incline and very clay soil would this tree stand a chance?
If you prepare a big planting hole and add lots of extra peat moss and compost to the soil I'm sure the tree would do fine there.

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might it provide enough shade that I could have my peonies in a healthier light situation?
Flowering Plums are fairly slow growing, so it would be a while before it produced much shade.

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tkhooper
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Thankyou Bill

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loz
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Wow, what beautiful flowers.....how did I miss this picture? Very pretty. [thumb]
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Oooohhhh! I want one, or two, or three! [grin]

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Mr. Bill...you take some of the most awesome pictures! You could put these in frames! [thumb]

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