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Canada Plum Wild Seedlings
Canada Plum Wild Seedlings
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Canada Wild Plum (Prunus nigra) is a hardy native fruit tree of Manitoba’s prairies and parklands. White spring blossoms are followed by oblong red-and-yellow plums, usually 1 to 1¼ inches long, with sweet flesh and tart skin. At the nursery, fruit generally ripens in late August after American Wild Plums have begun to drop.
This species is an excellent pollen source for many cold-hardy hybrid plums when bloom overlaps. It is also useful in edible and wildlife plantings and as a hardy plum rootstock. Canada Wild Plum usually forms a more distinct single trunk and suckers less freely than American Wild Plum. These trees are seed grown, so individual form and fruit will naturally vary.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 2
- Seed source
- Northern ManitobaSeed collected from isolated wild stands
- Mature size
- 15 to 20 ft tallA small upright tree with a fairly narrow crown
- Fruit
- Oblong red and yellow plumsUsually 1 to 1¼ in long, with sweet flesh and tart skin
- Growth habit
- Upright, usually with a single trunkSuckers less than American wild plum
- Native range
- Native to ManitobaAlso Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
- Site and soil
- Full sunTolerates most soils. Best in rich, moist soil that drains well
Ripening
Late August into early September
At our nursery. Timing varies from tree to tree
More about this plant
A native Prairie fruit tree
Canada Wild Plum, Prunus nigra, is native to Manitoba and the parkland region. White blossom in spring is followed by distinctive oblong plums. It is useful in edible and wildlife plantings and as a cold hardy plum rootstock.
Wild collected nursery stock
These trees are grown from seed gathered in isolated wild stands in northern Manitoba. Seedlings naturally vary. The isolated source helps keep them true Canada plum, and sets this stock apart from our orchard grown Canada plum seedlings.
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Range & hardinessZone 2 · Canadian maps for this plant
Green: provinces with native records
MB · NB · NS · ON · QC
Zone 2 and warmer
Province records show native distribution, not every place the species grows. The hardiness map shows minimum winter hardiness; soil, moisture and summer warmth also matter.
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 – CanadaPollination
Canada Wild Plum is an excellent pollen source for cold hardy hybrid plums that flower at the same time.
| Plant alongside | Pollination requirement |
|---|---|
| Sprout’s Sunshine Plum | A hybrid plum that Canada plum can pollinate when the two are in flower together. |
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