Japanese Apricotc Japanese Flowering Apricot Japanese Flowering Plum
Prunus mume
Rosaceae · broadleaf · introduced
Quick Facts
Height
15–30 ft
Spread
19 ft
Growth Rate
Medium
Light
Sun to Part Shade
Soil
Moist
Water
Moderate
Hardiness
Zone Zones 6a–8b
Bloom Time
February to March
Origin
China and Japan
Diseases (55)
Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Bacterial Canker
Apiosporina morbosa Black Knot
Monilinia fructicola and M Brown Rot
Rhizobium radiobacter (formerly Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Crown Gall
Cytospora canker Cytospora Canker
Mechanical injury Gumming
Leaf Curl
Various fungi (Phyllosticta spp., Septoria spp., Cercospo... Leaf Spot
Plum Pockets
Plum Pox (Sharka)
Podosphaera aphanis var. aphanis Powdery Mildew
Non-pathogenic (physiological disorder — epidermal cell d... Russeting
Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust
Rusty Spot
Shothole
Shothole (Coryneum Blight)
Chondrostereum purpureum Silver Leaf
Split Pit
Phytophthora spp Sprinkler Rot (Phytophthora Fruit Rot)
Verticillium dahliae Verticillium Wilt
Various plant viruses (Blueberry mosaic virus, Blueberry ... Virus Diseases
Various plant viruses (Raspberry bushy dwarf virus, Straw... Virus
Limb and Wood Decay
Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni X-Disease
Bacterial Canker and Blast
Red Spot Fruit Blemish (Freckles)
Armillaria mellea Armillaria Crown and Root Rot
An uncharacterized Black Canker
The cherry Cherry Mottle Leaf
Cherry twisted Cherry Twisted Leaf
Believed to Crinkle Leaf and Deep Suture
Eola rasp Eola Rasp Leaf (Yellow Bud Mosaic)
Although bacterial Fungal Cankers
The normal June Drop
Leafroll
Uncharacterized graft Necrotic Rusty Mottle (Lambert Mottle) and Rusty Mottle
Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot
Pitting
Many fungi Postharvest Rots
Prune dwarf Prune Dwarf
Cherry rasp Rasp Leaf
Complex of Pythium spp., Phytophthora spp., Rhizoctonia s... Replant Disease
This problem Rosette
Rugose
Prune dwarf Sour Cherry Yellows
Several causes Stem Pitting
One of Virus-induced Cherry Decline
Taphrina wiesneri Witches' Broom
Coryneum blight (Shothole)
The fungi Brown Rot Blossom Blight and Fruit Rot
Cherry mottle leaf virus Mottle leaf
Uncharacterized graft Necrotic rusty mottle
Taphrina wiesneri Witches'-broom (Cherry leaf curl)
Prunus necrotic Prunus Necrotic Ringspot
Pests (44)
Cinara occidentalis, Cinara abietis Aphid
Apple-and-thorn skeletonizer
Carnation tortrix
Enarmonia formosana Cherry bark tortrix
Fall webworm
Tortricidae Leafroller
Nuculaspis californica Lecanium scale
Choristoneura rosaceana Obliquebanded Leafroller
Peach silver mite
Peach twig borer
Peachtree borer
Caliroa cerasi Pear sawfly (pear slug)
Cylindrocopturus furnissi Root weevil
Rose leafhopper
Diaspidiotus perniciosus San Jose scale
Scolytus rugulosus Shothole borer
Tetranychidae Spider mite
Malacosoma spp. Tent caterpillar
Western red-humped caterpillar
Halyomorpha halys Brown marmorated stink bug
Dead Bud
Gumming (Gummosis)
Little Cherry
Cinara occidentalis, Cinara abietis Black cherry aphid
Cherry fruit fly
Cutworms and Armyworms
Dermaptera Earwig
Pear slug (Cherry slug)
Drosophila suzukii Spotted-wing drosophila
Pear sawfly
Redhumped caterpillar
Hop aphid
Leaf curl plum aphid
Nuculaspis californica Scale
Scale insect
Pear slug
Pacific flatheaded borer
Fruittree leafroller
Cicadellidae Leafhopper
Nematode, Foliar
Nematodes
Nematode, Dagger
Nematode, Ring
Nematode, Root-lesion
Cultivars (3)
Contorta
Common name: Contorta Japanese Flowering Apricot
Peggy Clarke
Common name: Peggy Clarke Japanese Flowering Apricot
Trumpet
Common name: Trumpet Japanese Flowering Apricot; Mature height: 15–30 ft