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Print this pageElephant Heart Japanese Plum
Prunus salicina 'Elephant Heart'
$40.25
Elephant Heart Plum on Standard (Peach) root - Extra Large 5/8" up caliper grade
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The Elephant Heart plum is known for it's large, heart-shaped fruit with a thick, bronze-green skin that turns reddish purple when completely ripe. It's juicy, blood-reed flesh has a rich and distinctive flavor that is good for fresh eating, canning and freezing. Ripens in mid-season.
Elephant Heart is another one of the famous plums introduced by Luther Burbank, the prolific breeder of many fruits and flowers, not just potatoes!
Elephant Heart is a good, strong hardy tree. It should cross-pollinate with other Japanese plums for the best crops.
- Height
- 10-14
- Spread
- 10-12
- Zone
- 5-8
- Color
- Reddish-purple
- Categories
- Plum - Japanese Varieties,
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