Thicket Plum

🍑 Thicket Plum (Prunus americana group)
Zones: 3–8 | Height: 10-15 ft | Spread: 8–15 ft | Growth Rate: Fast
Light: Full sun to partial shade | Soil: Well-drained, loamy to sandy
Fruit Drop Time: Late Summer to Early Fall

🏞️ Product Description:
The Thicket Plum is a vigorous, colony-forming native shrub that spreads naturally to create dense, wildlife-friendly cover. With sweet, late-summer fruit that’s devoured by deer, turkeys, birds, and even small mammals, it delivers both nutrition and structure in one rugged package.

As the name suggests, this plum forms thick screening cover that remains visually dense—even after leaf drop—making it ideal for bedding areas, travel corridors, or natural borders.

🦌 Wild Fruit. Wildlife Shelter. Thick Habitat.
Thicket Plum offers a rare combo of seasonal fruit production and year-round screening. It thrives in a wide range of soils and creates instant habitat value in just a few seasons.

🌳 Why Grow Thicket Plum?

• Spreads to form natural, impenetrable thickets—excellent for cover

• Produces sweet, wildlife-attracting fruit in late summer

• Supports birds, pollinators, deer, turkeys, and small game

• Maintains screening structure even after leaf drop

• Thrives in a variety of soil types and light conditions

🛠️ Planting Tips:

• Plant in full sun to partial shade for best fruit and thicket development

• Space 6–10 ft apart when creating borders or dense cover

• Use Shrub Survival Kits to protect young plants and retain soil moisture

• Water during dry spells in the first season for strong establishment

• Allow room for natural spreading to create a self-sustaining colony

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🌿 Summary:
The Thicket Plum is a powerful habitat-builder: fast-growing, colonizing, and loaded with fruit that everything loves. It offers dense, year-round cover and seasonal forage all in one native package.

Cover thick. Fruit sweet. Built for wildlife.