When do purple leaf plums bear fruit?

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Although Purple Leaf Plum is a famous garden foliage plant, it can bear fruit, and the fruiting period is usually in August. There are usually fewer fruits and they look much smaller than plums.

Fruit period

Fruit period

The fruits of purple-leaf plum look like plums, small spherical fruits, round and very cute.

Purple leaf plums usually bear fruit in August.

Fruit Appearance

Although purple-leaf plums can bear fruit, their fruits are relatively few and look much smaller than plums. The fruits of Purple Leaf Plum are mainly purple-red, a little darker than the leaves.

Note

Do not eat the fruits of Purple Leaf Plum at will.

First of all, edible purple-leaf plum fruits refer to fully mature fruits. Only when the fruit is fully mature will it taste delicious. Immature fruits will contain a large amount of organic acids, tannins and other substances, which will taste sour and astringent, affecting the taste.

Secondly, purple-leafed plums are mostly planted on roadsides. These are mainly used for greening plants. They may have been sprayed with a large amount of pesticides, and there will also be pesticide residues on the fruits. And because they grow on the roadside, they also absorb a large amount of exhaust gas and pollutants. These substances will cause harm to the human body.

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