Cherry Plum Sprite

Product: Sprite Cherry Plum Scientific Name: Prunus salicina x Prunus cerasifera Type: Fruit Tree Full Grown Size: 12-18 feet tall Soil condition: Well-drained soil Light Requirements: Full sun USDA Zones: 4-9 Sprite Cherry Plum is an interspecific hybrid of Japanese plum and sweet cherry. Fruits are large for a cherry or small for a plum and the skin is a deep purplish-black with a sweet cherrylike amber flesh. They are a great choice for canning, cooking, or freezing. Pollinate with other Japanese Plums. Blooms late March. Bears fruit 2-3 years after planting. Fruit ripens July-August.