🌊 Prunus maritima (Beach Plum)
Deciduous Shrub | Coastal Native | Edible Fruit | Pollinator-Friendly
Highlights for Native Plant Enthusiasts:
🌸 Supports native bees and early pollinators with fragrant spring blooms
🍇 Produces small, tart purple fruits loved by wildlife and foragers alike
🐦 Fruits feed birds like cedar waxwings, robins, and catbirds
🌿 Naturally adapted to coastal dunes, sandy soils, and salt spray
🍂 Compact growth makes it ideal for shoreline restoration, hedgerows, and native edible gardens
💪 Extremely drought- and wind-tolerant once established
Growing Information:
Height: 3–6 ft | Spread: 4–8 ft
Soil: Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soils preferred
Light: Full sun
Zones: 3–8
Type: Deciduous suckering shrub
Pollination Note: Cross-pollination improves fruit set – plant more than one
Why Native Growers Love It:
Prunus maritima is a true coastal native, evolved for rugged Atlantic shorelines but equally at home in inland sandy sites and dry uplands. Its dense root system helps stabilize dunes and slopes, while its nectar-rich flowers provide early-season food for pollinators.
The plums ripen in late summer and are great for jelly, wine, or leaving for the birds. It’s an excellent plant for edible native landscaping, coastal resilience projects, and biodiversity-focused hedgerows.
Grown without synthetic pesticides and herbicides, and from regional seed stock when possible.
Nursery-grown with care for coastal ecology and long-term native stewardship.
🛒 Plant Prunus maritima—taste the coast, restore the wild.
🌊 Prunus maritima (Beach Plum)
Deciduous Shrub | Coastal Native | Edible Fruit | Pollinator-Friendly
Highlights for Native Plant Enthusiasts:
🌸 Supports native bees and early pollinators with fragrant spring blooms
🍇 Produces small, tart purple fruits loved by wildlife and foragers alike
🐦 Fruits feed birds like cedar waxwings, robins, and catbirds
🌿 Naturally adapted to coastal dunes, sandy soils, and salt spray
🍂 Compact growth makes it ideal for shoreline restoration, hedgerows, and native edible gardens
💪 Extremely drought- and wind-tolerant once established
Growing Information:
Height: 3–6 ft | Spread: 4–8 ft
Soil: Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soils preferred
Light: Full sun
Zones: 3–8
Type: Deciduous suckering shrub
Pollination Note: Cross-pollination improves fruit set – plant more than one
Why Native Growers Love It:
Prunus maritima is a true coastal native, evolved for rugged Atlantic shorelines but equally at home in inland sandy sites and dry uplands. Its dense root system helps stabilize dunes and slopes, while its nectar-rich flowers provide early-season food for pollinators.
The plums ripen in late summer and are great for jelly, wine, or leaving for the birds. It’s an excellent plant for edible native landscaping, coastal resilience projects, and biodiversity-focused hedgerows.
Grown without synthetic pesticides and herbicides, and from regional seed stock when possible.
Nursery-grown with care for coastal ecology and long-term native stewardship.
🛒 Plant Prunus maritima—taste the coast, restore the wild.
Main image from Plant Image Library on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/138014579@N08/34071357950
