Mexican Plum
Prunus mexicana
Unlike its suckering kin, Mexican plum grows as a single-trunked small tree, making it a tidy specimen for small yards. Fragrant white spring bloom, ripe purple plums, and good drought tolerance.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–25 ft
- Spacing
- 15–25 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- February, March, April
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host, pollinators
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~456 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AL, AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, OH, OK, TN, TX
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