Plum Italian Prune
Italian Prune Plum
Italian Prune Plum bears purple-skinned freestone fruit with firm, yellow-green flesh. The sweet plums suit fresh eating as well as drying, canning, and preserving.
The crop ripens in late summer. Young trees may take several years to settle into production, after which this cultivar can carry substantial harvests.
Choose full sun and a location that supplies about 800–1,000 chill hours. This cultivar is self-fertile.
Size
• Height and spread depend on rootstock and pruning; confirm the rootstock when choosing spacing.
Hardiness
• Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Best Uses
• Home orchards
• Edible landscape specimens
- Plant type
- Deciduous Tree, Fruit Tree
- Height
- 10'
- Width
- 10'
- Hardiness zones
- 5–8
- Sunlight
- Full Sun
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flower color
- White
- Leaf color
- Dark Green
- Fall color
- Dark Green
- Fruit color
- Purple
- Landscape use
- Fruit, Home Orchard
- Fruit
- Yes
- Fragrant
- Yes
- Deer resistant
- No
- Salt tolerant
- No
- Drought tolerant
- No
Plant photos
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