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American plum
Prunus americana

Fort Collins

Dimensions: Height: 10.0 ft. to 20.0 ft.
Spread: 15.0 ft. to 20.0 ft.
Growth Form: Shrub, Tree
Program Association: Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
Wildlife Uses: Fish, Grassland Birds, Large Mammals, Medium-Sized Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Wetland Birds, Woodland Birds
Sun Requirements: Full Sun, Part Sun
Water Requirements: Low, Moderate
Plant Community: Foothills, Plains
Season of Bloom: April, May
Flower Color: White Shades
Leaf Color: Green Shades
Aggressiveness: Readily Suckers
Design Considerations: Edible Fruit, Screening, Showy Flowers
Other Considerations: Thorns
Duration: Perennial
Natural Landscape Position: Fort Collins Model
3, 4
Soil Type: Rocky, Variable
Pests/Disease Prone: No City Data
Hazards/Toxic: Careful! Sharp Spines, Thorns Or Other Appendages.

This plant usually forms thickets but, can be pruned into a tree form.

This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.