American Plum – Prunus americana

This is a native plum tree to Vermont and bears prolific fruit. The small abundant fruits make great plum sauce and jam. Grows as a small shrub to medium sized tree reaching 15 feet in height, bears fragrant white flowers in spring and produces yellow to red fruit mid summer about an inch in diameter. This native plum also provides excellent pollinator habitat for bees, moths and butterflies. A note from our supplier: “The native American plum is a great native plant that will grow anywhere except in wet locations. It puts on a thorough flower show each spring of…