Prunus maritima - beach plum
Beach plum is native and grows wild along the Atlantic coast. It is a multistemmed suckering species. Improved varieties are available.
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Species:
1. Pawpaw
2. Mimosa
3. Chinquapin chestnut
4. Siberian pea shrub
5. Chinese yam
6. Fox grape
7. Good King Henry
8. Giant Solomon's seal
9. Illinois bundleflower
10. Bearberry
11. Dwarf comfrey
12. Paper mulberry
Polycultures:
1. Butternut-concord grape
2. Seabeach Polyculture
3. Turkish Rocket Broccoli Production
Forest Gardens:
1. Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute
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wild beach plums
These plants are on Long Island. Will get back some time for more photos. Tons of fruit but already fermenting on the bushes.
Eric Toensmeier - writer, trainer, plant geek - www.perennialsolutions.org
delicious beach plums
I ate some in Holyoke last year. YUM!!!
Ethan Roland
AppleSeed Permaculture
suckers
Beach plum makes suckers. After about 3-4 years our plants are sending up more and more suckers. We dug one up of our superior clone and gave to www.tripplebrookfarm.com so they could propagate and sell it.
Eric Toensmeier - writer, trainer, plant geek - www.perennialsolutions.org