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Plum trees for beginners.
Easy plum trees, ideal for beginners.
22 varieties
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Gardening skill
- Beginner
Category
- Plum trees
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Categories
Apples
43
Early eating apples
6
Mid-season eating apples
10
Late eating apples
15
Cooking apples
12
Dual-purpose apples
3
Cherry plums
3
Cherries
6
Sweet cherries
5
Sour cherries
1
Cider apples
2
Crab apples
14
Damsons
7
Inter-specific trees
1
Hazels
1
Mirabelles
3
Mulberries
4
Pears
7
Dessert pears
6
Asian pears
1
Perry pears
2
Plums
22
Eating plums
16
Cooking plums
7
Dual-purpose plums
10
Form
1-year
22
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
13
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
8
Premium half-standard
5
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Espalier
Fan-trained
1/4 standard
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
13
Large
20
Very large
4
Rootstocks
VVA-1
13
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Wavit
3
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St. Julien
20
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Brompton
4
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Supplied as
Bare-root
22
12L pot
13
Using
Picking month
July
August
3
September
2
October
November
Cropping
Heavy
12
Good
9
Light
1
Picking season
Very early
Early
4
Mid
12
Late
6
Very late
Keeping (of fruit)
Does not keep
1-3 days
11
1 week
11
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Fruit persistence
Normal ripening
17
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
3
Persistent
Flavour quality
Exceptional
2
Very good
9
Good
8
Average
3
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS perfect for pollinators
19
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
4
Sharper
2
Sweeter
6
Aromatic
Vinous
Food uses
Eating fresh
18
Culinary
18
Traditional cooker
1
Dual purpose
4
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Cooking result
Puree
1
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Discoloration of fruit
No discoloration (Good for drying)
Slightly oxidising (browns slowly)
Oxidising
Very oxidising (browns quickly)
Juice style
Sweeter
Sharper
Sweet (cider)
Sharp (cider)
Bittersweet (cider)
Bittersharp (cider)
Juice colour
Clear
Pale yellow
Pale orange
Pale red
Vitamin C content
Low
Medium
High
Cling-stone
Freestone
1
Semi-freestone
1
Clingstone
4
Growing
Gardening skill
Beginner
22
Average
14
Experienced
4
Self-fertility
Self-fertile
14
Partially self-fertile
1
Not self-fertile
7
Flowering group
1
2
8
3
10
4
4
5
6
Pollinating others
Good
3
Average
18
Poor
Ploidy
Diploid
13
Triploid
Vigour
Natural dwarf
Weak growing
Slightly small
Average vigour
10
Slightly large
3
Vigorous
8
Very vigorous
Growth rate
Average
Slow
Precocity
Precocious
2
Slow to start bearing
1
Bearing regularity
Regular
21
Biennial tendency
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
3
Tolerates shade
1
Pruning
Do not prune
1
No need to prune
Light prune
1
Cherry incompatibility group
Cherry universal pollinator
Feathers on maiden
Organic culture
Suitable
11
Not-suitable
Longevity
Long-lived
Problems
Apricot shot-hole
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
Bacterial spot
Cherry blackfly aphid
Cherry slugworm
Die-back / Gummosis
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Plum fruit moth
Some susceptibility
1
Plum pox virus (Sharka)
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
1
Silverleaf
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
5
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Disease resistance
Good
14
Average
5
Poor
Canker
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fireblight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Scab
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Bitter pit
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Blossom wilt
Some resistance
Brown rot
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Codling moth
Leaf spot
Climate
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
22
Mild damp climates
9
Warm climates
5
Cold-hardiness
Cold-hardy
Protect from frost
Cold hardiness (USDA)
(3) -40F / -40C
(4) -30F / -34C
1
(5) -20F / -29C
(6) -10F / -23C
(7) 0F / -18C
(8) 10F / -12C
(9) 20F / -7C
(10) 30F / -1C
Summer average maximum temperatures
Cold (< 20C / 67F)
7
Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
19
Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
19
Hot (>30C / 86F)
Frost resistance of blossom
Good resistance
3
Some resistance
Susceptible
1
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
1
Canada
Czech Republic
France
1
Germany
1
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
1
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
3
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
12
United States
2
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1
1800 - 1849
6
1850 - 1899
3
1900 - 1949
4
1950 - 1999
5
2000
Flowering month
April
May
Flower colour
White
22
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Crimson
Flower form
Single flower (5-8 petals)
3
Leaf colour
Green
22
Bronze
Grey-green
Leaf colour - autumn
Green
Orange / Red
Bronze / Purple
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Pink / Red
Golden / Yellow
3
Dark red
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
3
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
3
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
1
Orange flush
Purple
6
Purple - light
1
Red
4
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
4
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Small
1
Average
2
Large
1
Very large
Awards
RHS Award of Garden Merit
7
RHS Award of Merit
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Varieties list
Plum trees
Avalon
Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.
£22.95 - £43.50
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Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
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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: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Blaison Red
Blaison Red is one of the best plum varieties for making plum jam.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Czar
Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.
£22.95 - £62.50
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Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
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Denniston's Superb
Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.
£22.95 - £43.50
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Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
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Edda
A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Excalibur
Excalibur is a red-purple plum, similar to Victoria but with a better flavour for eating fresh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Hauszwetsche German Prune
Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.
£22.95 - £43.50
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Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Herman
Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.
£22.95 - £43.50
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Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Jefferson
Jefferson is a a large yellow gage / plum, easy to grow, crops well, very juicy and great flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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Jubilee
Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
£22.95 - £47.50
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Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Kea
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Marjorie's Seedling
Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
£22.95 - £62.50
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Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Opal
Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
£22.95 - £62.50
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Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
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Oullins Golden Gage
The flavour of a true gage yet also easy to grow, Oullins Golden Gage is a good first gage tree.
£22.95 - £62.50
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Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Purple Pershore
Very similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Queen's Crown
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Rivers' Early Prolific
Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.
£22.95 - £43.50
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Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Stella's Star
A modern green-gage, more productive and easier to grow in the UK than the traditional ones.
£22.95 - £43.50
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Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Warwickshire Drooper
Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Willingham
A traditional English green gage, with a reputation for excellent flavour.
£22.95 - £43.50
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Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Yellow Pershore
Also known as Yellow Egg, Yellow Pershore is a self-fertile heavy cropping culinary plum.
£22.95 - £43.50
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Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
