Plant · P-400

Chickasaw Plum

Prunus angustifolia

Chickasaw Plum is a small thicket-forming plum that indigenous peoples cultivated and carried well beyond its original range before European settlement, which is why it now grows wild from New Jersey to Texas and beyond. The large, thin-skinned fruit is soft, juicy and sweet, good eaten fresh or cooked into pies, jellies and preserves, and its early nectar-rich bloom draws heavy bee and insect traffic. Unlike most stone fruit it tolerates limestone soil well, taking calcareous ground without the chlorosis that usually comes with it.