#875 most planted
Prunus x blireana
Flowering plum · also Purple-leaf plum, Double-pink plum
Deciduous
335
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
6
cities
7.5 in
median trunk (19 cm, 317 measured)
36 yr
median age (76% have a planting date)
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A popular flowering and foliage accent tree, Blirieana Flowering Plum blooms in late winter to early spring. It often develops wart-like swellings on its trunks and produces little to no fruit.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2500.05%36 yr7.5 in
- 480.03%—10 in
- 240.02%—1.9 in
- 80.00%—6.3 in
- 30.02%—11 in
- 20.00%——
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 12–15 ft
- Canopy spread
- 12–15 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Feb, Mar, Apr
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 7.5 in, 90th percentile 17 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Prunus in the catalogue
60 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
