Prunus tree named ‘Purple Pride’

Abstract

A new cultivar of Prunus, ‘Purple Pride’, characterized by its foliage that is deep burgundy in color with new leaves emerging bright dark red and foliage coloration that is retained from spring through fall, its foliage that appears clean and disease free, its stems that can be readily trained into a single trunk, its white flowers that are conspicuous against its burgundy foliage, its consistent abundant crop of red fruit with a pleasing taste, its drought resistance, and is usefulness when planted in wildlife food plots in the south as the burgundy foliage allows land managers to easily recognize ‘Purple Pride’ plants in a brushland and avoid them during mowing regimes.

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[0001]Botanical classification: Prunus hybrid.[0002]Variety denomination: ‘Purple Pride’.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Prunus of hybrid origin and will be referred to hereafter by its cultivar name, ‘Purple Pride’. ‘Purple Pride’ is a new Chickasaw plum tree grown for use as a landscape plant.[0004]The new cultivar of plum tree, ‘Purple Pride’, was discovered by the inventors in Nacogdoches, Tex. as a seedling that arose from seed collected and grown from Prunus angustifolia ‘Guthrie’ (not patented). The pollen parent is unknown, however it is presumed to be a different unknown species based on the characteristics of ‘Purple Pride’. ‘Purple Pride’ was selected as a single unique plant in 2007.[0005]Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar was first accomplished by softwood cuttings by one of the inventors in Nacogdoches, Tex. in June 2007. The characteristics of this cultivar have been determined to be stable and are...

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Benefits of technology

[0013]7. ‘Prunus Pride’ is useful when planted in wildlife food plots in the south as the burgundy foliage allows land managers to easily recognize ‘Purple Pride’ plants in a brushland and avoid them during mowing regimes.

[0014]‘Guthrie’, the seed parent of ‘Purple Pride’, differs from ‘Purple Pride’ in lacking burgundy colored foliage. ‘Purple Pride’ can be most closely compared to plants of Prunus cerasifera, known under the common name of Purpleleaf plum (not patented). Purpleleaf plum is similar to ‘Purple Pride’ in its ability to be readily f

Problems solved by technology

Purpleleaf plum differs from ‘Purple Pride’ in having foliage that has much less retention of the burgundy coloration of the foliage throughout the g

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