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Sweet Treat Pluerry

Prunus 'Sweet Treat' (interspecific plum × cherry hybrid)

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Light
Water
Water deeply and regularly during active growth and fruit development, increasing frequency during extreme heat. Let the upper few inches of soil dry between irrigations; avoid prolonged saturation. Reduce watering during winter dormancy.
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Description
Sweet Treat Pluerry is a plum-cherry hybrid producing small, red-skinned fruit with yellow flesh and a very sweet flavor. It can grow in Phoenix, but fruit production depends on sufficient winter chill and compatible pollination.
Bloom Time
Deciduous / Evergreen
Special Features
Growth Rate
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Mature Size
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Companion Plants
Toxicity
Foliage, pits and seeds toxic to pets and livestock (cyanogenic); ripe fruit edible
Care Instructions

Light: Full sun for best fruiting; protection from intense late-afternoon summer sun is beneficial in Phoenix.

Water: Water deeply and regularly during active growth and fruit development, increasing frequency during extreme heat. Let the upper few inches of soil dry between irrigations; avoid prolonged saturation. Reduce watering during winter dormancy.

Soil: Well-drained loam is ideal. Avoid waterlogged soil and restrictive caliche layers; use a broad raised mound where drainage is poor. Mulch the root zone, keeping mulch away from the trunk.

Mature size: Approximately 15–25 feet tall and wide, depending on rootstock; can be maintained around 8–12 feet with regular pruning.

Bloom: Blooms in late winter to early spring, depending on winter temperatures; fruit ripens in summer.

Evergreen / deciduous: Deciduous.

Growth rate: Moderate to fast with adequate irrigation and nutrition.