A medium size tree and one of the hardiest of all purple plums.
Plant Type
All Plants, Trees Deciduous
Hardiness Zone
5
Sunlight
full
Moisture
average
Soil & Site
average
Temperature
cold hardy
Flowers
light pale pink to white, fruit small roundish reddish
Leaves
new foliage bronze changing to dark purple, reddish fall color
Dimensions
15-20 by 15-20 feet, rounded
Cultivar Origin
Introduced in 1923 by the University if Minnesota, Minnesota US. A cross between (P.salicina x P. americana)P cerasifera)#155 Named after an town in Minnesota.
Notes & Reference
#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #155-Purple Leaf Plums (Arthur Lee Jacobsen)