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Canada Plum Seedlings
Canada Plum Seedlings
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Canada plum (Prunus nigra) is a cold hardy native fruit tree with red and yellow plums, sweet flesh and tart skin. The fruit is useful fresh and in preserves, and the trees also provide wildlife food and pollen for compatible plums flowering at the same time.
These seedlings come from established Canada plum trees growing in an old orchard. The trees are open pollinated, so a little crossing with other plums is possible. They remain Canada plum orchard stock, with natural variation between seedlings.
Our wild collected stock comes from isolated native populations. That separate source is the choice when preserving a wild Canada plum lineage matters to you.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 2
- Fruit
- Red and yellow plums with sweet flesh and tart skinFor fresh eating and preserves. Seedlings vary from tree to tree
- Source
- Canada plum trees in an old orchardOpen pollinated, so some crossing with other plums is possible
- Mature size
- 10 to 16 ft tallCanada plum as a species can reach 30 ft
- Habit
- Canada plum tends to form thickets
- Disease
- Canada plum can get black knotRoot rot and fireblight are also reported for the species
- Site and soil
- Full sun and soil that drains wellAvoid low spots where frost settles
Ripening
Mid August to early September
For Canada plum as a species, across Canada
More about this plant
Orchard and wild sources
This stock comes from Canada plum trees in cultivation. Open pollination may introduce a little crossing with other plums. Our separate wild collected source comes from isolated native trees, a useful distinction for growers who specifically want a wild lineage.
About Canada plum
Canada plum flowers just before its new leaves appear, or as they open. These seedlings come from orchard trees and may carry some other plum in their ancestry, so expect them to differ from one another and from the wild species.
Cold hardinessZone 2 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 2 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaGrow from seed
Our Canada plum seeds are wild collected from isolated native populations; these plants are open pollinated orchard stock.
View Canada Wild Plum Seeds $8.95 CAD