Collected by J.M. Thompson. and W. Knight in 1973 or 1974 near Augusta, Ga., at an old homesite on the Georgia side of the Savannah River about 1 km from Clarks Hill Dam. Introd. in 1989. Probably a seedling of an ornamental plum; resembles a redleaf Prunus cerasifera. Origin: Tree: vigorous; tolerant to high levels of calcium; tolerant to bacterial spot and bacterial canker; moderate resistance to plum leaf scald. Bloom is later than most Japanese plums; flowers light pink; leaves deep red, fading to purple-green during summer. Fruit: 20-30 mm, round; skin red with yellow to yellow-red flesh; quality insipid.
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