Indian Plum
Oemleria cerasiformis
The first native shrub to leaf and bloom each year, hanging fragrant greenish-white bells in late winter for early pollinators, then bluish plum-like fruit for birds. A cheerful harbinger of spring.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 8–20 ft
- Spacing
- 8–15 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CA, OR, WA