The sour and sweet fruit is eaten fresh and is made into jellies, jam and wine. The American plum is used for both ornamental and culinary purposes. It will tolerate several days of flooding. Development of suckers from the root system makes American plum effective in stabilizing stream banks and gullies. The roots are shallow, widely spread, and send up suckers. Soil / Climate: likes moist soils, The shrub is winter-hardy, but has little tolerance for shade, drought, or fire.
American plum grows as a large shrub or small tree. Other common names: American Plum, wild yellow plum, red plum, wild plum It grows to 20-25’ high and wide.This plant is restricted for shipment to CA, ID, WA, OR, or Canada.
Blooms appear in late spring with a possibility of a second bloom later in mid-summer.Ĭornus florida ‘Cherokee Brave’ has deep rose reddish flowers (bracts), and red berry clusters in fall. Choose a well-drained site with full to partial sun. It is fast growing to 15-20′ with an equal spread. Dogwoods provide a graceful beauty with their tiered, horizontal branching form.Ĭornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ is a cross between Cornus florida and Cornus nuttallii resulting in an attractive tree with large white flowers (bracts). The flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, is a lovely garden addition as a focal point or as an understory tree. A transplanted native dogwood seldom thrives in the cultivated landscape so a nursery selection is the best choice. Awesome specimens can be spotted while driving down the highways and roads in the woodlands and forests on the west side of the Cascades and Sierras from British Columbia to southern California.
The western dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) is a native to Oregon. The flower petals are actually bracts (leaves) that frame the true flowers, which are small. Flowering dogwoods offer spectacular impact in the spring garden with their large “flowers” and later, in the fall, with their foliage color.