Prunus maritima - beach plum

Beach plum is native and grows wild along the Atlantic coast. It is a multistemmed suckering species. Improved varieties are available.

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delicious beach plums

I ate some in Holyoke last year. YUM!!!

Ethan Roland
AppleSeed Permaculture

suckers

Beach plum makes suckers. After about 3-4 years our plants are sending up more and more suckers. We dug one up of our superior clone and gave to www.tripplebrookfarm.com so they could propagate and sell it.

Eric Toensmeier - writer, trainer, plant geek - www.perennialsolutions.org

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