A. The purple leaf flowering plum is a popular landscape tree in the Bay Area. There are three varieties planted, Prunus blireiana, Prunus c. Krauter Vesuvius and Prunus c. Thundercloud.

Sherry Keef sent me an interesting e-mail that contains a lesson for all of us. She writes, “We have a Thundercloud plum tree in our back yard that we planted five years ago. It continues to ...

The Tree of the Month for October is commonly known as the purple-leaf plum tree. A member of the Rosaceae (rose) family, the purple-leaf plum tree has the binomial name Prunus cerasifera followed ...