Prunus salicina 'Allred' ~ All Red Plum

Prunus salicina 'Allred' ~ All Red PlumAll Red Plum is a semi dwarf deciduous fruiting tree with a upright spreading crown and showy display of fragrant white flowers but is primarily grown for its fruit. Its foliage turns an attractive shade of red for fall. The small plums are ready for harvest in early summer and have red skin and flesh with sweet tart flavor that is good fresh or used for cooking. Grows best in full sun and rich, moist well drained soils. All Red is self pollinating

All Red Plum is a semi-dwarf deciduous fruiting tree with a upright-spreading crown and showy display of fragrant white flowers but is primarily grown for its fruit.  Its foliage turns an attractive shade of red for fall.  The small plums are ready for harvest in early summer and have red skin and flesh with sweet-tart flavor that is good fresh or used for cooking.  Grows best in full sun and rich, moist well-drained soils. All Red is self-pollinating and disease resistant with a low chill requirement of only 350 chill hours.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  High Maintenance. Needs regular watering.  Plums have a lot of pest and disease issues  and may necessary.  Potential issues include scales, borers, mites, aphids, leaf spots and rots.  Fallen fruit can be messy if not harvested.

 LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Wildlife Garden, Naturalized Areas, Ponds and Streams, Edible Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Strawberry, Peach, Apple

IMAGES: Globetrotter19, Cherry-like fruits in July, 2017 Tatabánya, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Forest & Kim Starr, Starr-100902-9042-Prunus cerasifera x salicina-fruit from Polipoli in hand-Olinda-Maui (24933215402), CC BY 3.0 US, (3) Forest and Kim Starr, starr-080301-3098-Prunus_cerasifera_x_salicina-flowers-Polipoli-Maui

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.