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Mariposa Plum

Prunus salicina 'Mariposa' · Rosaceae

A large blood plum with mottled red-purple skin and sweet, almost stoneless deep-red flesh, superb for eating fresh. Partly self-fertile but cropping best with Satsuma or Santa Rosa nearby.

At a glance

Habit: Fruit Tree
Light: Full Sun
Water: Moderate Water
Soil: Well-Drained, Loam
Climate: Warm Temperate, Cool Temperate, Mediterranean
Frost: Frost-Hardy
Mature size: 4.5 m H × 4 m W
Foliage: Deciduous
Flowering: Spring Flowering
Growth rate: Fast-Growing
Maintenance: Moderate Maintenance

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Edible / Productive
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