Flowering plum ?

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  1. Barbara Lloyd

    Barbara Lloyd Well-Known Member

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    I realize that everone is thinking about cherries right now but....
    I have a flowering plum that my Father planted at the old house that I would like to plant at the new house.
    I have no idea as to the name. It has burgundy leaves and fairly dark burgundy flowers. Not a large tree, so may be some sort of dwarf stock. Does anyone know enough about flowering plums to hazzard a guess as to what it may be?
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  2. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Burgundy flowers would be a flowering crabapple, maybe 'Royalty'.
     
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    Barbara Lloyd Well-Known Member

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    Ron,
    As I remember it did get small, end of thumb size, plums on it. Much smaller than any crab apple I've ever seen - which isn't saying much.
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    No plums are known with dark burgundy flowers. If liable to be a named variety rather than an unnamed seedling look for a copy of A.L. Jacobson's Timber Press book Purpleleaf Plums. You might find the tree in there. You might find the book in your library system.

    Otherwise, it will be at the Miller Library in the Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle.
     
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    Barbara Lloyd Well-Known Member

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    Ron,
    Guess I'll have to back to Lopez and get a cutting and/or a picture. Lord only knows what the old man planted! He kept an excellent record of the orchard he put in - trees that were planted in the begining and ones that replaced what died or did not do well; and how they did over the years. No records were kept on the ornamentals, however, and now he's gone. Rats!!! Thanks for the info!
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