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Elephant Heart Plum
Botanical Name
Prunus salicina 'Elephant Heart'
Also Known As
Japanese freestone plum
Specifications
USDA Zone
Light Needs
Watering Needs
Leaves
Life Cycle
Avg. Mature Size
Growth Rate
Bloom Time
Fruit Color
Harvest Season
Years to Bear
5 - 9
Partial - Full Sun
Regularly
Deciduous
Perennial
10' Tall and 10' Wide
Moderate
March
Purple
September
1st Year
Home orchard favorite: large, heart-shaped fruit with sweet, juicy, richly flavored, firm red flesh. Dark reddish-purple mottled skin. Long harvest season - September in Central CA. Hardy, heavy bearing tree. 500 hours or less. Pollenize with Beauty or Santa Rosa.
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⚠️ PROP 65 WARNING - This product can expose you to chemicals including wood dust and crystalline silica (from soil/perlite), which are known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
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