Garden Plum

Garden Plum - Prunus domestica Prunus domestica
 
Species: Rosaceae
Type: Deciduous
Height: Up to 30' (10 m)
Flowers: White blossom, March - May
Fruit: Plums
Plum Leaves    


White blossom in springtime, similar to cherry with clusters of three to five white flowers up to 2 cm diameter with five petals and long stamens.

The fruit appears in July as plums, first green then ripening to purple in August - September. They are oval in shape and about 5 cm long with a single stone in the middle.

Garden Plum - Prunus domestica
    Plums

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