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Purple King Mountain Plum Pine – Blue-Green to Purplish Bronze

Purple King Mountain Plum Pine

Finely textured blue-green summer foliage takes on a striking purplish bronze cast as temperatures decline in winter, lending superb year-round color. Ideally used as a tall groundcover, erosion control, or mid-tier structure in a mixed border.

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Moderate Water

Height: 3–5 feet

Spread: 4–7 feet

Tree: Austrian Pine – Dense Conical to Umbrella Form; Japanese White Pine – Open Pyramidal Bluish-Green; Abelia 'Kaleidoscope': Golden Variegated Foliage, Red Stems, Compact Evergreen; Azalea 'Brilliant': Watermelon Red Blooms, Reliable Evergreen for South; Azalea 'Klondyke': Golden-Yellow Blooms, Deciduous, Hardy; Boxwood 'Faulkner': Compact Evergreen with Bronze‑Tinged Winter Foliage; Cotoneaster 'Cranberry': Herringbone Branches with Large Red Berries for Winter; Eichholz Cotoneaster: Low Groundcover with Gold‑Orange Fall Color & Red Fruit; Plum Passion® Heavenly Bamboo: Deep Purplish-Red New Growth; Plum 'Newport Purple Leaf': Purple Foliage, Pale Pink Blooms, Purple Fruit

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