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Nursery Direct
Purple Leaf Flowering Plum (Standard)
Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 100L about 2.5 to 3.5m, 200L about 3 to 4.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 1.2m of clear, level access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Purple Leaf Flowering Plum (Standard) - Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’
Few trees hold dark foliage as consistently through an Australian summer as ‘Nigra’, which is why it turns up so often where a planting scheme needs a permanent block of deep colour. Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’ opens pale pink single blossom on bare stems in late winter, then carries near black purple leaves right through to autumn leaf fall. Grown as a standard on a clear trunk, it makes a manageable small to medium shade tree for suburban blocks.
Why Purple Leaf Plum
Season Long Colour: Foliage stays deep purple rather than fading to bronze green by midsummer, which is the failing of weaker purple leafed selections.
Early Blossom: Pink flowers appear on bare branches in late winter, ahead of almost everything else in the garden.
Urban Toughness: It tolerates compacted soils, reflected heat and the general hardship of suburban street conditions.
Useful Scale: At 5m to 7m it delivers a real canopy without threatening single storey rooflines or small yards.
Design Contrast: The dark canopy sets off silver, lime green and white flowered planting more strongly than any flower colour could.
Ideal Applications
Front Garden Feature: A standard on a clear trunk gives structure and colour without blocking the house.
Street and Verge Tree: Long used as a suburban street tree because of its size, hardiness and clean habit.
Contrast Anchor in Borders: Placed behind grey or lime foliage, it holds a planting scheme together visually.
Light Screening Row: Planted in a line it filters an upper level view while still letting winter sun through.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 3m to 4m for a filtering row
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5m to 6m
Best Planting Season: Winter while dormant is best, with autumn and early spring both workable
Soil & Drainage: Very adaptable, from sand to clay loam, provided water does not sit around the roots
Establishment Care: Water deeply once or twice weekly for the first two summers and mulch a wide circle to keep turf competition away. Formative pruning to lift and balance the crown should be done in dry late summer weather, not in wet winter conditions.
Plant Details
Height: 5m to 7m
Width: 4m to 5m
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Foliage: Deciduous, deep purple through the growing season
Light: Full sun; foliage colour dulls noticeably in shade
Native to: Garden origin; the species is native to the Balkans and western Asia
Flower Colour: Pale pink, single, in late winter
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







