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Langley damson trees

Pick: Very late-season    Flowering group: 3   Self-fertile    Uses: Cookery    Disease-resistance: Good
Langley damson tree

Langley is a small-fruited and productive damson, which ripens very late in the autumn - typically mid-October.

The fruit is too astringent for eating fresh but is excellent for cooking. It is traditional to pick the fruit after the first frosts, which seem to concentrate the flavour.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Langley damson trees for sale

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Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Medium (2.5m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - Pixy rootstock £32.00
Large (3m - 3.5m)1-year - Bare-root - St.Julien rootstock £32.00
Large (3m - 3.5m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - St.Julien rootstock £35.00
Large (3m - 3.5m)Half-standard - Bare-root - St.Julien rootstock £36.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Langley

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1900 - 1949
  • Fruit colour: Blue - dark
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate

  • Temperate climates
  • Tolerates cold winters
  • Mild / damp climates(explain)


Pollination guide for Langley

Langley is in flowering group 3. Langley is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, although fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other damson trees.



How to grow Langley damson trees

Langley is a very hardy and vigorous tree, usually cropping heavily in almost any situation. A good choice for wet and windy climates.

Langley is self-fertile and will cross-pollinate with most other damsons and plums which flower in the middle of the blossom season.



Historical details

Langley, Hertfordshire, 1902. Recognised by the RHS in 1902 and again in 1904.

Used to be known as Langley Bullace, bullaces being part of the same species as damsons - but nowadays generally regarded as a damson.



Botanical name

Prunus insititia Langley



Related variety collections

Fruit trees for North West Scotland


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