Klamath Plum
Prunus subcordata
The only native plum of California and southern Oregon, Klamath plum forms thorny thickets bright with white bloom and edible red-purple plums long gathered for jelly.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–20 ft
- Spacing
- 8–18 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~456 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- CA, OR