. . . "Name: Ricky barcus E-mail: Private Date posted: August 16, 2010 - 09:49 pm Message: I am no green thumb but i read alot before planting my Thundercloud flowering Plum tree...i planted it in late late spring I live in hot redding ca it grew new leaves in two weeks then fell off the tree is bare now and the smallest of the branches are crispy but i belive the tree is still alive the bigger branches" .