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Plum trees for beginners.

Most plum trees are easy to grow, but these ones are particularly straightforward, ideal for beginners.

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    • Avalon plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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 plum trees
      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