Description
Thundercloud Purple Leaf Plum-Prunus cerasifera ‘Thundercloud’ Z 4
- 15-20 foot wide and tall
- A stunning landscape specimen with splendid coppery purple foliage that holds its color into fall
- AttractsBirds, Insect Resistant
- DiseaseResistant, Mildew Resistant, Needs No Deadheading, Pollution Tolerant, RustResistant
- Blooms pale pink, single blooms that blanket the stems in the spring before the foliage emerges
- Produces edible fruit
- Self-pollinating
- Deciduous
- Landscaping:lawn, patio in containers, and terrace
- Origin was in Persia and brought to France in 1880, then developed in California in 1919 by Luther Burbank
- New growth is reddish, maturing to dark green, rounded canopy with age
- Zone 4
