Driving to Athens on Georgia 316 last week, I kept glancing at the many Chickasaw plum thickets sporting their shimmering white blossoms along the highway. A small, native tree, the Chickasaw plum ...

Q: I am seeing a small tree covered in white blooms on the roadsides right now. What is this tree, and is it a good tree for my yard? A: You are describing the Chickasaw plum trees that are blooming ...

The fruit of the Sand Plum, also known as Chickasaw Plum, makes a delicious, tart jam, similar to Scandinavian lingonberry jam. Plums are ripe and ready for picking from mid-to-late July. Sand plums ...

I’m sure most of you have, at one time or another, eaten a plum. You probably obtained it from a store, from a cultivated plum tree in your yard or from some other person who had a tree. It may come ...

I knew something odd was happening when I got to a forgotten corner of the garden the other day and realized that a four-year old Chickasaw plum was dead. The Chickasaw is sometimes called the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansas now has an official state fruit. On Tuesday, Governor Laura Kelly signed House Bill 2644, officially designating the sandhill plum, also known as the chickasaw plum, as ...

Being refined can be a desirable quality. It reflects a process in which the best possible features have been distilled and are on display. With this refining process there are traits which are ...