When damaged, prune to the ground in spring after flowering. It will return but will probably not flower for a year. Mexican plum has a delicate, spreading form, growing 15 to 25 feet tall. It is single-trunked and does not spread and form thickets like chickasaw plum and American plum. Fragrant, white flowers appear in early spring.
Fruits are good for making jelly.
While seldom used in landscape planting, it may be saved in naturalized areas. This tree is adapted to all of South Carolina. The flowering apricot is a fast-growing tree when young, averaging 3 to 5 feet per year. Growth slows when the plant is about 10 to 12 years old. It grows 20 to 30 feet tall, and the growth habit may be rounded, upright, weeping, or corkscrew, depending on the cultivar.