Botanical Name: Prunus salicina 'Santa Rosa'
Common Name: Santa Rosa plum
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an erect, single-trunked plant, with ascending-spreading branches forming a vase-shaped or rounded canopy; bark is dark reddish-brown and shiny on older branches
Height 15'-25' (30')
Spread 3/4-equal
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun
Soil prefers well-drained fertile soils; will tolerate most
Hardiness hardy (zones 2, 3, 7-12, 14-23); thrives in warm humid areas
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, oval-obovate; finely serrate with prominently acute apex; dark dull green, 2-4" long, turns gold in fall
Flowers bisexual, white, 1/2-3/4" across; solitary or in clusters of 2-3 on short stalks; appear before leaves; Feb.-April
Fruit a drupe; firm, deep red-maroon (to purple), 1"-1-1/2" wide
 
Propagation:
seed, followed by budding or grafting
 
Usage:
fruit tree, espalier, or small shade tree; is superior in ornamental value to the peach but not as versatile as the apricot
 
Landscape Care:
Watering deep, regular soakings, established trees are fairly drought-tolerant
Fertilizing balanced, in spring and late summer; add iron
Pruning prune in same fashion as apricot; develop scaffold branches
Pests/Diseases peach leaf curl, fireblight, brown-rot, shot-hole fungus
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Japan
Family: Rosaceae

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