[Sca-cooks] A question for horticulturists

[Susan Fox-Davis]

What you have is a Sand Plum tree.  My parents have one in the back 
yard. Pretty, isn't it?  They are sour and not all that tasty but you 
can make jam out of them.  What they are good for is lots of pollen to 
support other, more copiously-bearing prunus sub-species.

Selene

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

>About five years ago, my mother decided she wanted to plant an ornamental plum tree in a specific
>spot in our yard.  I tried to talk her out of going with an ornamental because I love plums and
>liked the idea of growing our own.  But my mother was adamant, saying she didn't want to have
>to deal with the mess and what to do with an overabundance of plums.  So an ornamental was
>purchased and planted.
>
>It really is a lovely tree, with purple leaves all year around and lovely pink flowers in the
>spring.  
>
>Yesterday, I noticed about 8 or more red cherry-sized fruit growing on the tree.  Now I am
>wondering if it really is an ornamental?  Or is this just a common phenomenon with ornamentals
>and the fruit will not develop into fully ripe fruit?  Do any of you on this list have a clue
>as to what is going on with my tree?  Is it possible for an tree to go from an ornamental to
>a fruit-bearing tree?  
>
>Thanks for any clues you can give me.
>
>Huette  
>
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