Chickasaw Plum
Prunus angustifolia
Chickasaw plum forms suckering thickets that foam white in earliest spring before the leaves, then ripen sweet red-and-yellow plums. A classic wildlife thicket and edible hedgerow of the South and Plains.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–20 ft
- Spacing
- 8–20 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~456 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KS, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA