Prunus americana 26/7 Restock a tall clipped or informal

a tall clipped or informal hedge

the fruit is not much for fresh eating

Two camellias do most of the work in American gardens

or a quiet evergreen backbone among deciduous companions

more compact habit and a heavier show of larger flowers

Prunus americana 26/7 Restock a tall clipped or informalBefore European settlement reshaped the eastern landscape, Prunus americana was a fixture at the forest edge: thicket forming, thorny, and extravagantly beautiful in early spring when the plum covered itself in white flowers before the leaves had even stirred. The Lakota knew the plum as kata, the Cherokee as gunasdv, and across dozens of nations from the Great Plains to the Appalachians the tree was considered a plant of genuine importance. The