Online Plant Guide - Prunus cerasifera / Purpleleaf Plum

Prunus cerasifera /Purpleleaf Plum

Early purple foliage and flowers
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Early purple foliage and flowers	Branches in full bloom in early spring	Lawn specimen in flower
Typical tree canopy of burgundy colored foliage	Canopy in heavy bloom	Autumn colored foliage is reasonably good most years
Specimen lawn tree in bloom	Close-up image of pink flowers with a dark purple center	Autumn colored foliage
The purple plum makes an excellent small lawn or patio tree	Spring flowers	Spring flowers
Lawn specimen	Handsome foliage silhouetted against a blue sky	Close-up image of flowering as a young tree in a nursery container
Spring flowers and emerging foliage a beautiful sight	Lawn specimen growing alone is quite handsome	Flowers arranged close together on all branches of a tree
Spring flowers

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Scientific Name:	Prunus cerasifera
Common Name:	Purpleleaf Plum
Plant Type:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Broadleaf
Hardiness Zone:	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Determine Your Zone
Height:	20-30 feet
Spread:	15 - 20 feet
Bloom time:	Spring
Flower color:	Pink
Fruit present:	Summer
Fruit color:	Red, Purple
Drainage:	Well drained, Moist,
Rate of Growth:	Fast
Water Requirement:	Medium
Maintenance Level:	Low
Susceptible to insects and diseases:	No

Landscape Categories:	Trees, Fruiting
Comments:	Light pink flowers appear before foliage in early spring. Has reddish-purple leaves in spring and summer. The one inch fruit are edible, but mostly its birds and wildlife that do the eating. Used as a specimen or accent small tree because of the dark red-purple foliage.