Prunus cerasifera 'Atropurpurea' ~ Purple Leaf Plum holiday sweet tang flavor

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They emerge flushed with warm bronze or salmon and mature to a fresh spring green on curved stems

Prefers full sun and moist to wet well-drained acidic soils

Masses of fragrant velvety magenta flowers with blue tones and warm orange eyes bloom on long panicles continuously from spring into fall attracting bees and butterflies

As the flowers begin to fade the rosy purple calyxes remain

Prunus cerasifera 'Atropurpurea' ~ Purple Leaf Plum holiday sweet tang flavorPurple Leaf Plum is a stunning ornamental flowering plum tree with a vase shaped to rounded crown known for its deep purple foliage. A beautiful display of near white to white fragrant flowers bloom in clusters on bare branches in early spring. While edible, the fruiting is insignificant. Grows best in full sun and well drained soils. Type: Tree Origins: western Asia and the Caucasus Height: 15 20 Spread: 15 20 Spacing: 18 USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 8