Sick purple cherry plum in zone 5b

General Fruit Growing
21

If your tree is what @sockworth stated, North Carolina Extension service is not as optimistic about this tree as Edible Landscaping is. Maybe, planting it in Indiana makes a difference.

Prunus cerasifera 'Atropurpurea' (Atropurpurea Flowering Plum, Purple-leaf Cherry Plum, Purpleleaf Plum, Purple Leaved Plum) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox.

Prunus cerasifera (Cherry Plum, Mirabelle, Myrobalan Plum, Purple Leaf Flowering Plum, Purple Leaf Plum, Weeping Plum) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox.

1 Like
22

You are going to need to give it 2 years to see the true results. The summer hair cut will result in new scafolds but they have to harden into mature wood then develop buds.

1 Like