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Blaisdon Red plum trees

Prunus domestica
Blaisdon Red plums
Blaisdon Red is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

Blaisdon Red is excellent for making plum jam and produces heavy crops of reddish plums, which turn purple as they ripen. 

It is also a good chocie for those will smaller gardens as it has a naturally upright growth habit.

Blaisdon Red plum trees for sale

Bare-root

  • BR11-year bare-root treeSt. Julien rootstock£38.75< 5 in stock
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • BR21-year bare-root treeBrompton rootstock£41.25
    Very large tree (4m-7m after 10 years)

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Tree specification

Photos of trees as supplied | Tree sizes and forms

Next deliveries

Order now for delivery from week commencing 24th February.

Delivery charges

Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.

Growing and Training

Blaisdon Red has an upright growth habit and is also fairly disease resistant.  

Recommended pollinators for Blaisdon Red plum trees

Blaisdon Red is not self-fertile, so you will need another different but compatible variety planted nearby in order to produce fruit. The following varieties are good pollinators for Blaisdon Red. If you are not sure about pollination requirements don't hesitate to ask us. More pollinators >

  • Pollinator Victoria
    Victoria
    Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
  • Pollinator Opal
    Opal
    Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
  • Pollinator Jubilee
    Jubilee
    Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
  • Pollinator Cambridge Gage
    Cambridge Gage
    Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
  • Pollinator Marjorie's Seedling
    Marjorie's Seedling
    Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
  • Pollinator Shropshire Prune
    Shropshire Prune
    The definitive English damson, Shropshire Prune has the rich astringent flavour typical of damsons.
  • Pollinator Czar
    Czar
    Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.

History

Discovered by Mr Dowding of Blaisdon Village in Gloucestershire.


Blaisdon Red characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillBeginner
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesMild damp climates

Using

  • Picking seasonMid
  • CroppingHeavy
  • Keeping (of fruit)1 week
  • Food usesCulinary

Problems

  • Disease resistanceGood
  • Bacterial cankerSome resistance

Identification

  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Blossom colourWhite
  • Fruit colourPurple - lightRed - dark
  • Flesh colourGolden / Yellow

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