Plant Wiki

The open plant encyclopedia

Know any plant.
Grow it well.

Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.

  • 13,000+plants with full pages
  • 365,000+plant species worldwide
  • 220+countries covered

Common in

See all

The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.

What do you want to do?

Popular plants

Browse all plants

See them in 3D

All plants in 3D

Browse plants

Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.

Plant Wiki › Browse plants

Prunus ×palmeri

Prunus × palmeri is a hybrid plum tree from Missouri, a cross between Prunus hortulana and Prunus mexicana, growing to about 9 m (30 ft). It is grown as a hardy, sun-loving fruit or ornamental tree in a well-drained site.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during dry spells, especially in the first years, and let the top soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained loam, tolerant of a range of soil types
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect young trees from late frosts
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: Seeds, leaves and bark of plums contain cyanogenic compounds that can release cyanide if chewed or crushed.. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Edible
Yes, some parts

About

Prunus × palmeri is a nothospecies of plum tree native to the state of Missouri. It is a hybrid of Prunus hortulana and Prunus mexicana and it typically grows up to about 30 feet tall.

Other Prunus plants

Prunus adenopoda · Red stinkwood · Prunus aitchisonii · Alabama cherry · Prunus alaica · Allegheny plum · American plum · Prunus amplifolia · Almond · Desert peach · Chickasaw plum · Prunus annularis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prunus × palmeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

Credits & terms

Identify a plant

Point at a leaf or flower and snap. One plant in frame works best.

Your photo
Starting camera…