"Pam - gardengal" in
news:GQfCc.73417$2i5.32590@attbi_s52:

Don't know what's up with the 'prunus' suspect, although the other
responder has a good theory. Pretty much anything from the Prunus
genus can be problematic - lots of disease and insect susceptibility.

http://images.google.com/images?q=Pr...n&lr=&ie=UTF-8
&sa=N&tab=wi

like many prunus,it does well in dry summer areas. once established,
they seem to live a long time around here. but i doubt they've been
retailed here, so are uncommon.


somewhat better fruiting cvs for northern plains (IIRC) were named long
ago:

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...s+tomentosa%22
+native+%7C+cultivars

they'd also been used as somewhat incompatible rootstocks for more
desirable fruiting prunus.