| Scientific Name: | Prunus cerasifera cvs. |
| Common Name: | purple plum |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Attract beneficial insects, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Street (boulevard tree), Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Pink, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Edible, Yellow, Red, Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most blades elliptic, 4-7(-9)cm long x 2-4(-5)cm wide, margin serrate, dark red, petioles 1-1.5cm long; flowers, 2-2.5cm wide, pink buds, white petals, in early spring before foliage; drupes oval-round 2-3cm long, dark red, Aug. Winter ID: Small tree with open, rounded crown to 10m tall; buds alternate, red, oblong, pointed; twigs dark red. | |