Prunus angustifolia

chickasaw plum

Rosaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

15-20 ft tall  by 15-20 ft wide with new plants growing from rhizomes (underground stems) to form thickets of substantial width

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

orange

Phenology:

deciduous

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Plant as a screen where its suckers are welcome (woodland edges, casual but large garden settings)

Considerations:

Spreads by underground stems forming clumps small thickets. Individual trees are fairly short-lived but the thicket is long-lived. When short-shoots die off, they can be thorny.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Somewhat long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Birds, Mammals

Flowers attract bees.  Documented bee visitors include  Dialictus placideizsis, Hylaeus conflzeizs, Euylaezcs pectoralis and Epeolzcs zonatus (Deyrup et al. 2002). 

Birds, squirrels and other animals eat the fruit.

Native Habitats:

Woodland edges, fencerows, open woods. Also cultivated.