In short, these trees are a mess year round. Plum Trees: Unless you can somehow pick and eat them fast enough, a plum tree is going to litter the ground around it with innumerable sticky, squishy plum lumps. They’re about as fun to clean up as they are to step in.

Do plum trees make a mess?

In short, these trees are a mess year round. Plum Trees: Unless you can somehow pick and eat them fast enough, a plum tree is going to litter the ground around it with innumerable sticky, squishy plum lumps. They’re about as fun to clean up as they are to step in.

Are purple plum trees messy?

Most flowering plums have purplish foliage, so are more commonly known as purple-leaf plum. … Most flowering stone fruit trees are completely fruitless, but some purple-leaf plum can produce messy and sour plums as they mature.