The purple leaf flowering plum is a popular landscape tree in the Bay Area. There are three varieties planted, Prunus blireiana, Prunus c. Krauter Vesuvius and Prunus c. Thundercloud.

Sherry Keef sent me an interesting e-mail that contains a lesson for all of us. She writes, “We have a Thundercloud plum tree in our back yard that we planted five years ago. It continues to … ...

Carl Krauter of Bakersfield introduced this darkest of the purple leafed plums in 1957, hence the name. This well-behaved, vase shape to rounded, small tree, 15-20’high, 10-15’ wide, loves ...

One tree that is blooming everywhere is the ornamental purple leaf plum. This is one of my favorite trees, due to its purple/pink blooms and dark leaf color but this lovely tree does come with ...

The Tree of the Month for October is commonly known as the purple-leaf plum tree. A member of the Rosaceae (rose) family, the purple-leaf plum tree has the binomial name Prunus cerasifera followed ...

The two most planted trees in this area that fit that description would be the purple leaf plum, or ornamental plum, and the Raywood ash. The ornamental plum is best known for the bloom it offers ...

When should I spray my purple-leaf plum tree for the mites and disease they seem to get every year? A: That is a problem-prone tree, in my opinion. The dark leaves are nice, but it usually ends up ...

We do know that purple leaf plum cannot handle the heat in certain locations, particularly south and west exposures. Those locations need a desert or desert-adapted tree, which it is not. We also ...

We have a purple leaf plum shrub in our yard out on the Redlands. I think it is sick. The leaves are a funny yellow-purple-orange-green with a lot of small purple spots. What's going on with our ...

I’m concerned with my purple leaf plum tree. Originally, I was only concerned with the dark crusty limbs, and then I noticed some stuff like dark coffee grounds at the trunk.