Wild Plum - Identifying & Foraging American Plum (Prunus americana)
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- American Plum (Prunus americana) is a short tree with leaves similar to Birch with an ovate to elliptic shape, serrated, coming to a fine point. The purple-grey bark splits on mature trunks to reveal a lighter color. Flowers are fragrant appearing in early spring with the fruit developing in late summer into autumn. Always positively identify and get permission before harvesting any wild fruit.
I've lived in my home almost 20 yrs. Today is the very 1st time I've seen wild plums growing 2 houses down. We're outside of city limits & apparently the extreme "trimming" state road did last yr prompted it to actually flower & bear fruit this yr.
We have a wild plum tree growing by our house, always plant the pits when you’re done eating the fruit. They are native trees and benefit the environment and wildlife in your area. We have the Canadian wild plum, which are similar to these, except they stay more of a yellow color when ripe, absolutely delicious and beautiful trees!
We had those growing in our yard when I was a kid. They are delicious!
Cool! The are surprisingly sweet :)
This is an extraordinary video. You even shook the branch! I’ve seen that happen so many times when I daydream of when mine are mature. (1-2 yrs from now.) I am restoring a small, previously logged out spot to fertility and abundance. Thanks for the inspiration!
They sure look funny loaded with fruit and only a few feet tall. This is an old tree with a sturdy trunk, but in collage I had three trees outside and I was taller then they were. Still got lots of sweet fruit from them though.
Give it a Grow thanks again for the video, and the reply. I’ve got 25 of these planted and going into the ground, while dormant, before spring.
In the old days people use to grow these next to their houses before European plums arrived. You can actually order these online. I have several growing now that are about 5 foot no flowers yet hopefully this spring.
How long have you plant it? I'm considering getting one or two for my yard to share with wildlife.
@@chanthana7694 Ive had mine for about 2 years they grow very fast in full sun. I bought mine from Mossy oak native nurseries online.
I know of 2 spots in Wisconsin with wild plum, and always keeping my eye out for more, recently found a wild blueberry and huckleberry patch also.
These are absolutely delicious when dark red and most people are absolutely clueless..
So sweet and tart! My friend made plum jelly out of them, Yumm!
Wow, kind of fascinating what counts as "many fruits" with different kinds of plums. The Mirabelle plums here are absolutely insane, as in, more fruits than leaves insane, if you like plums they may be worth getting.
Laura Ingles' book 'On the Banks of Plum Creek' also mentions this plums right? I am Sri Lankan. There is no such tree in our country.
Thank you so much for the video❤️
Amazing fruit! There was a huge stand on some abandoned land next to my home and the new owner bulldozed it to just let weeds grow….
This thing is called the American Plum and i can't even find them in any supermarket here in NYC. I would love to try them.
I'm standing next to a Wild Plum tree and you're killing me because they just started flowering here in Minnesota May 17th. ANTICIPATION!
We have a bunch of wild plum trees growing on our hike path here in Aurora Colorado we just picked a few and they tasted perfect, I like the balance of tartness and sweetness
Awesome! They make such a great trail snack :)
ugh I wish there was one near me I love them
These make the best jelly and jam!
Being wild i would think these should grow "true from seed". Is that the case? I heard you mention growing the pit. This would be even more reason for me to grow one or 101.
What...those are wild plums? Can anyone just pluck and eat them? They look incredible and I believe they look exactly like store bought ones right to the fleshy insides. So those white flowers are wild plum flowers and I believe I saw them in your previous videos which looks similar to the Sakura flowers from Japan. I've never seen the Sakura from up close, only in pictures so I don't really know the difference. Wow, you get to pick and collect wild plums...how nice. 👍😋
The flowers are very similar to cherry, but they are more fragrant with round petals 3:25. I tried to just take fallen fruit off the trail, with a little shake, because these are wild and protected. Hopefully I can sprout the seeds and grow my own.
@@GiveitaGrow they are protected!? Oops. Me and my boyfriend saw a ton growing in a ditch (and I mean a lot of trees it was crazy) and we just dug some of the foot tall trees up (we dug up three but only one survived the trip home---windy) that were growing on the edge of the rat nest of trees and brought them home to plant in our yard. It's been 3 years now and we just got the fruit bearing spurs.
There are two kinds of wild plums red ones are called dilly plums and the yellow ones is called the dolly plums we find them on a lot of dirt roads here in texas
So awesome!! Our city is flooded with these wild plum trees but our tree trunks look a little different than yours the branches are very similar
These just finished flowering and are starting to form little tiny plums, they should be ready by late summer.
Those are probably flowering Bartlett.
There is what I think is a wild plum tree about 1/2 mile from my house here in north-central Georgia. They have fruits that look very plum-like, and are the size of the fruits shown in your video. They do not appear to be mature yet, but they are getting close. However, when I ate a fruit today (it was tasty!), it did not have a pit. It had a couple small seeds, somewhat like an apple. I have two questions: (1) do wild plums grow in this far south? and (2) If the fruits are plums, but not yet mature, could that mean that the pit was not fully developed, resulting in what looked like small seeds?
Plums do grow in the south, but they are a stone fruit, so they always have a big seed in the middle like a peach. I'm not sure what you found, but it sounds good.
I have some crabapple trees that look very similar to plums, right down to the fruit. Seeds instead of pits is a giveaway.
I think you found a crab apple, they make great jelly.
Do you know if it can pollunate toka or methley?
As kids we would fight over them. We also would eat them when they get like a translucent green with table salt. My mouth is watering just texting this message
Yumm!
Lol my mouth is watering just reading this comment 🤣. I would go well with salt and chili, Asian thing I guess.
Nice video! ☺
Thanks!
I have lots of wild plum bushes growing in my ditch behind the house, I’ve noticed when they are ripe even they have a sweet plum taste then it finishes with a bitter taste I don’t like
Bitter?... or Sour? Plums can be very tart/sour. To make plum jam they only use the sweet center.
Are these the same as “prunis maritime?” (Beach plum)
I like them when they still have yellow on them. Like a sweet tart
I think I found them on a trail in colorado. I have to try them next time!
These are very tasty, I made some into a wild plum cake. czcams.com/video/qdpdca7e494/video.html
Any advice? I have two wild plum trees growing and the fruit seems to start to grow (a lot of tiny plumbs) and then they don't get any bigger?!
Same here
Where can I buy this plant? I miss wild plums. They've cut down all of their native plants and herbs around me. We are are now left with dirt, bushes and, shrubs. No native plants that I grew up enjoying in the southeast.
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the vitamins! Great video! can these babies be found in the month of september in trees? Thanks
Yep, September is when I saw them last year. I made a Wild Plum cake with some of these too czcams.com/video/qdpdca7e494/video.html
Thanks for the video. What state is this in? It would be great to get a view of the trees from a distance.
This is in Minnesota, I will try to get a distant view next spring, they are a very short tree though.
wow that's... big
in all seriousness that is big for a wild fruit
They do make a good snack.
Those with the purple spots on them have worms in them dear.
Yuk!!! Good to know, thanks.
Give it a Grow no worries , more protein! Jk. However, they will also be the best tasting ones
Not all the time some of them just grow to fast and it can make spots on them
I want an air layer branch.