Purple leaves like warm and humid climate, not cold, like sunshine, should be planted in sunny place, avoid planting in the shade and under the trees.
Purple leaf plum grows well in the rich and well drained clay neutral and acid soil. In general, gravel soil is good, clay soil can also
Purple leaf plum likes humid growing environment. It should be watered fully during its growing period. In July and August, due to the large precipitation, it is not allowed to water, and the drainage work should be done well to prevent ponding and rotten roots. After entering autumn, must control watering, otherwise the water is too big to urge the branch to grow in vain, then in winter very easy to appear frost damage.
Ziyeli likes fertilizer. Before pouring frozen water every year, it can apply some farmyard fertilizer, which can promote the growth of plants. However, although purple leaf plum has the characteristic of being fond of fertilizer, it only needs to apply fertilizer once a year at the end of autumn, because once the fertilizer is applied too many times or too much, it is easy to make the leaf color dark but not bright, reducing the ornamental value
Generally, cutting propagation, budding and high-altitude layering are used.
The best tree form of purple leaf plum is "evacuation layered form" or "natural open center form". When pruning the main branches of each layer, some lateral branches should be kept properly to make the crown full but not empty. After the tree is basically formed, it only needs to be pruned properly every year, such as pruning the dense, drooping, overlapping and dead branches.
The main pests are spider, moth and sack moth.
The common disease is mainly bacterial perforation, which is common and serious. It affects the normal growth and ornamental of plants, even leads to death.
