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Plum trees for beginners.
Easy plum trees, ideal for beginners.
15 varieties
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Disease resistance
- Good
Gardening skill
- Beginner
Category
- Plum trees
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Categories
Apples
33
Early eating apples
4
Mid-season eating apples
8
Late eating apples
6
Cooking apples
10
Dual-purpose apples
2
Red-flesh apples
1
Cherry plums
3
Cherries
2
Sweet cherries
1
Sour cherries
1
Cider apples
1
Crab apples
16
Damsons
6
Hazels
1
Mirabelles
3
Mulberries
3
Pears
1
Ornamental pears
1
Perry pears
1
Plums
15
Eating plums
8
Cooking plums
7
Dual-purpose plums
6
Ornamental cherry trees
12
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
15
Stock availability
All
15
Available to pre-order
15
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
15
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
7
Spindlebush
1
2-year half-standard
7
Premium half-standard
3
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
7
Large
14
Very large
9
N/A
Rootstocks
VVA-1
7
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Wavit
6
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Weiwa
1
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St. Julien
14
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Brompton
9
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Supplied as
Bare-root
15
12L pot
7
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
15
Average
5
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
8
Partially self-fertile
3
Not self-fertile
4
Flowering group
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1
2
4
3
7
4
4
5
6
Pollinating others
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Good
2
Average
12
Poor
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
15
Mild damp climates
8
Warm climates
3
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
2
Mid
9
Late
4
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
8
Good
7
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
6
1 week
9
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
10
Culinary
11
Traditional cooker
1
Dual purpose
5
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
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Good
15
Average
5
Poor
1
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
1
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
1
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
1
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
1
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
9
United States
2
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
4
1850 - 1899
2
1900 - 1949
5
1950 - 1999
2
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
15
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
4
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
1
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
1
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
5
Purple - light
1
Red
2
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
2
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
3
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
4
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Avalon
Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Belle de Louvain
Belle de Louvain is a large purple culinary plum, useful because it can be grown on north-facing walls.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Blaisdon Red
Blaisdon Red is one of the best plum varieties for making plum jam.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Blue Tit
Blue Tit is a popular English dual-purpose plum, easy to grow, reliable cropping.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Czar
Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Denniston's Superb
Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Edda
A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Hauszwetsche German Prune
Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Jefferson
Jefferson is a a large yellow gage / plum, easy to grow, crops well, very juicy and great flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Kea
Kea is a culinary plum from Cornwall, ideal for plum jam.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Marjorie's Seedling
Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Opal
Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Purple Pershore
Very similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Queen's Crown
Queen's Crown is a dual-purpose red plum with a good sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Yellow Pershore
Also known as Yellow Egg, Yellow Pershore is a self-fertile heavy cropping culinary plum.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile