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.
