The American plum can be found growing as a many-stemmed shrub or a single-stemmed tree. Use at the edge of a woodland garden. It is cloaked in white, fragrant, five-petaled flowers in early spring before leaves emerge. Its edible yellow to red fruits, which ripen in the summer, are cherished by birds. The delicate white blossoms of this plant grace the native woodlands in early spring. Small native woodland tree with prized fruit