Choose another varietyPollination of Pershore plum trees
Your
Pershore plum tree is in
flowering group 2.
It is
self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting will usually be improved if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.
The following varieties will pollinate this plum tree.
(European plums, gages, damsons, cherry plums, mirabelles, bullaces will usually cross-pollinate if their flowering times overlap).
Pollenizer varieties in our catalogue
Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Belle de Louvain is a large purple culinary plum, useful because it can be grown on north-facing walls.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- St. Julien
Coe's Golden Drop is a large oval gage from the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Very late
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- St. Julien
Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
One of the easier gages to grow, Early Transparent has attractive semi-translucent fruit.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Excalibur is a red-purple plum, similar to Victoria but with a better flavour for eating fresh.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
One of the hardiest damsons, and crops heavily. Farleigh has the distinctive damson flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Golden Sphere is a large yellow Cherry Plum with a sweet plum-like flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 1
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Guinevere is a modern late-season dessert plum, with a good flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- St. Julien
Gypsy is a bright red Cherry Plum with a notably sweet flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 1
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Haganta is a new large blue plum from Germany, one of the latest-ripening and an excellent flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- Wavit
Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Jefferson is a a large yellow gage / plum, easy to grow, crops well, very juicy and great flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- St. Julien
Merryweather is a very popular damson, with unusually large fruit, one of the hardiest of fruit trees.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- St. Julien
Mirabelle de Nancy is an old traditional Mirabelle, originating from north-east France.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Available rootstocks:
- St. Julien
Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Early
- Available rootstocks:
- St. Julien
The most widely-grown green gage, Reine Claude de Bavay has the distinctive gage-like flavour.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Ruby is a large-fruited modern Cherry Plum, with dark red flesh.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 1
- Partially self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
Seneca is a high-quality late-season large American plum with a notably sweet flavor.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Not self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
The definitive English damson, Shropshire Prune has the rich astringent flavour typical of damsons.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group:
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- St. Julien
Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Mid
- Available rootstocks:
- VVA-1
- Wavit
- St. Julien
Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.
Check pollinators >- Pollination:
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertile
- Picking: Late
- Stock availability:
- Sold-out
More advice about pollination
Please note that our whilst our system takes many relevant factors into account, it is certainly not completely accurate
Pollination between plum species
European Plums, Gages, Damsons, Bullaces, Mirabelles and Cherry Plums can usually cross-pollinate each other provided their flowering times overlap. However none of these species can cross-pollinate with Japanese Plums.
