Sapalta Cherry Plum

Sweet drifts of white blossoms, the Sapalta Cherry Plum Tree (Prunus 'Sapalta') is a unique plum-cherry cross that becomes loaded with dark purplish-red, small fruit that's sweet-tart and firm for fresh eating right off the tree! Fragrant blooms in spring are followed by a late summer harvest among a canopy of lush green foliage!

Mid-sized trees that can easily be kept smaller as needed to accommodate smaller lots and orchards, a bit more shrub-like, these trees can be kept fully branched to the ground or limbed up into a multi-stemmed ornamental tree form. Pollinators adore the blooms and wildlife welcomes the fruit!

The fruit has purple-black sweet flesh and gets its zing from the skin. Sapalta Cherry Plum fills out with handsome bright green foliage all growing season. With an average growth rate, these are ideal landscape use trees and great privacy hedges or property definition. Every hybrid cross has a preferred pollinizer that is not always known or easily predictable. Planting a diverse set of cultivars assures adequate pollination. Any other Cherry Plum cultivars, American Plum, 'Compass' and 'Toka' are all included as pollinizers to increase pollination.

Planting and Application:

Cherry Plum Trees offer wildlife and songbirds nesting and roosting shade, while also providing late summer fruit for migratory birds on the go. Pollinators adore the white flowers as much as you will while offering beneficial insects nectar and pollen resources. Plant as small shade trees and front or back yard specimens, the open, airy and informal nature of these trees gives them a whimsical look when trained into tree-form accents and focal points.

Sapalta can be kept as a shrub-style growth and makes fantastic shelterbelts, and hedgerows that also provide fruit while giving your property windbreaks and privacy. Planting other types of Cherry/Plum hybrids in groups and rows boosts production per tree while giving you a wide variety of homegrown fruit to eat!

• Fragrant White Blossom
• Sweet & Firm - Fresh Eating, Preserves, Juiced & Baked Goods
• Freestone Dark Purple Small Fruit
• Pollinators & Wildlife
• Late Summer Harvest

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Fruit Trees need full sun to do their best flowering and fruiting, especially morning sun to dry the foliage of dew. Plant in a well-drained enriched environment with good air circulation and moderate moisture access. Pruning is best done when dormant.

• Full Sun Favoring Morning Light
• Enriched Well-Drained Soil
• Moderate Yet Consistent Moisture - Mulch Well for Insulation & Moisture Retention
• See Our Garden Blog For Fruit Tree Success
• Low Chill Hours

The Sapalta Cherry Plum Tree is a unique and beautiful ornamental fruiting and flowering tree that we're sure no one else on the block has yet! Order unique Cherry/Plum hybrids and more at NatureHills.com!