Plum beautiful plum blossoms

By Aaron Horrell

The wild plum tree in Southeast Missouri is a short fruit tree little more than a bush. It seldom grows taller than 15 feet tall. Wild plums are native to North America, Europe and Asia.

Although wild plums will bloom profusely, they often do not set much fruit. When they do, animals such as raccoons, squirrels, possums, foxes and many kinds of birds will eat them

I took this photo on March 18. The plum blossoms early in spring before the peach or apple trees. The plum fruit has a single hard seed inside. When this seed is removed and the fruit is dried, the fruit is called a prune.