Flatwoods Plum
Prunus umbellata
Flatwoods plum, or hog plum, is a small Southeastern plum that clouds dry woods and fencerows with white bloom in late winter. Its purple plums make fine jelly and draw birds and mammals.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 12–20 ft
- Spacing
- 12–18 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- February, March
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~456 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MI, MS, NC, PA, SC, TX