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Plum
Prunus domestica
This weekfruit
Deciduous stone fruit tree producing sweet or tart fruits for fresh eating or preserving.
Showing Zone 7b. for timing that matches where you garden.
In Zone 7b, right now
Not yet — plant around this week
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Edible?
Yes — fruit
Small space?
No — gets 20 ft tall
Sun
Full sun (6+ hrs)
Comes back yearly?
Yes — perennial
Ways to plant it
Spring planting
Plant
Closed
Early February – Mid March
Put it in the ground (or a pot) outdoors.
Fall planting
Plant
Mid September
Mid September – Late October
Put it in the ground (or a pot) outdoors.
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