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Pollination of Farleigh damson trees

Farleigh (Prunus insititia)  is in flowering group 3. Farleigh is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.Choose another variety

Varieties that will pollinate Farleigh in our catalogue

• Aprimirain stock

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  Aprimira is a sweet self-fertile apricot-mirabelle cross, also known as a miracot.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Wavit
  • Weiwa

• Avalonin stock

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  Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien

• Aylesbury Prunein stock

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  A traditional English damson, which used to be grown in the Vale of Aylesbury.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Belle de Louvainin stock

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  Belle de Louvain is a large purple culinary plum, useful because it can be grown on north-facing walls.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Blaisdon Redin stock

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  Blaisdon Red is one of the best plum varieties for making plum jam.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Blue Titin stock

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  Blue Tit is a popular English dual-purpose plum, easy to grow, reliable cropping.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Blue Violet

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  A traditional Westmorland damson variety - unusually sweet and early-ripening for a damson.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

• Cambridge Gagein stock

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  Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Czarin stock

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  Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Denniston's Superbin stock

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  Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Good pollinator
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Dittisham Ploughmanin stock

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  Dittisham Ploughman is a traditional dual-purpose plum from southern Devon.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Early Transparent Gagein stock

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  One of the easier gages to grow, Early Transparent has attractive semi-translucent fruit.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien

• Eddain stock

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  A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Excaliburin stock

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  Excalibur is a red-purple plum, similar to Victoria but with a better flavour for eating fresh.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Gordon Castle

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  A good dessert plum for northern areas due to its hardiness.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Guineverein stock

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  Guinevere is a modern late-season dessert plum, with a good flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien

• Hagantain stock

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  Haganta is a new large blue plum variety from Germany, one of the latest-ripening and an excellent flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Hauszwetsche German Prunein stock

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  Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Hermanin stock

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  Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien

• Jeffersonin stock

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  Jefferson is a a large yellow gage / plum, easy to grow, crops well, very juicy and great flavour.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Good pollinator
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Jubileein stock

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  Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Weiwa
  • St. Julien

• Katinkain stock

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  A very early-season dual-purpose dark-blue plum with an excellent flavour.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Very early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Kea

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  Kea is a culinary plum from Cornwall, ideal for plum jam.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

• King of the Damsonsin stock

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  A traditional 19th century English damson from Nottinghamshire. Also widely-known as Bradley's King.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Kirke's Blue

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  An old-fashioned blue plum with a rich sweet flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

• Lindsey Gagein stock

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  Lindsey Gage is a sweet-flavoured green gage, similar to Cambridge Gage.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Malling Elizabethin stock

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  This new plum variety was released to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Weiwa
  • St. Julien

• Marjorie's Seedlingin stock

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  Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Meritarein stock

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  An attractive new early-season dessert plum from Sweden, similar to Opal, with large fruits and good cold-hardiness.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Merryweatherin stock

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  Merryweather is a very popular damson, with unusually large fruit, one of the hardiest of fruit trees.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Mirabelle de Nancyin stock

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  Mirabelle de Nancy is the definitive traditional French Mirabelle, originating from north-east France.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien

• Old Green Gagein stock

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  The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Opalin stock

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  Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • Weiwa
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Oullins Golden Gagein stock

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  The flavour of a true gage yet also easy to grow, Oullins Golden Gage is a good first gage tree.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Good pollinator
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien

• Purple Pershorein stock

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  Very similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Queen's Crownin stock

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  Queen's Crown is a dual-purpose red plum with a good sweet flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Reevesin stock

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  A high-quality English dual-purpose plum, similar to Victoria but with an improved flavour for eating fresh.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Reine Claude de Bavay

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  The most widely-grown green gage, Reine Claude de Bavay has the distinctive gage-like flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Reine Claude Doree

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  A high-quality yellow-green gage, and usually more productive than other green gages.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Reine Claude Violettein stock

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  A traditional French gage first recorded in the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour. Also known as Purple Gage.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien

• Rivers' Early Prolificin stock

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  Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Early

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Seneca

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  Seneca is a high-quality late-season large American plum with a notably sweet flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

• Shepherds Bullacein stock

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  A large-fruited bullace, used for cooking and preserves, similar to a damson.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien

• Shropshire Prunein stock

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  The definitive English damson, Shropshire Prune has the rich astringent flavour typical of damsons.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien

• Stella's Starin stock

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  A modern green-gage, more productive and easier to grow in the UK than the traditional ones.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien

• Swanin stock

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  A popular traditional English dual-purpose red / purple plum.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Thames Cross

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  An attractive yellow mid-season plum with a good flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

• Toptaste Kulinariain stock

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  A new blue dessert plum with sweet yellow flesh, and good disease resistance.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Partially self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Weiwa
  • St. Julien

• Victoriain stock

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  Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Good pollinator
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • Weiwa
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Violettain stock

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  A new heavy-cropping self-fertile dwarf plum from Sweden.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Warwickshire Drooperin stock

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  Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.

  • Flowering group: 2
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien

• Willinghamin stock

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  A traditional English green gage, with a reputation for excellent flavour.

  • Flowering group: 3
  • Not self-fertile
  • Picking: Late

  • Available rootstocks:
  • VVA-1
  • St. Julien
  • Brompton

• Yellow Pershorein stock

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  Also known as Yellow Egg, Yellow Pershore is a self-fertile heavy cropping culinary plum.

  • Flowering group: 4
  • Self-fertile
  • Picking: Mid

  • Available rootstocks:
  • St. Julien