Gordon Castle plum trees
£38.75 - £61.50Gordon Castle plum trees for sale
Choose a size - pot-grown
All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.
PG12-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree, St. Julien rootstock£61.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
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Choose a size - bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree,St. Julien rootstock£38.75
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Out of stock
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Tree specification
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Tree sizes and forms
Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
All about Gordon Castle plum trees
An excellent choice for a dessert plum for northern areas due to its hardiness.
Growing and Training
Slightly later ripening than other plums.
Which pollinators are recommended for Gordon Castle plum trees?
Gordon Castle 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 Gordon Castle.
If you are not sure about pollination requirements just ask us.
Marjorie's SeedlingMarjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
OpalOpal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
Purple PershoreVery similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.
VictoriaVictoria is the most popular English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
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History
Raised in Scotland around 1864.
Gordon Castle characteristics
- What level of gardening skill is needed to grow Gordon Castle?Average
- Is Gordon Castle self-fertile?Not self-fertile
- What flowering group is Gordon Castle?4
- Is Gordon Castle good for pollinating others?Average
- What climates is Gordon Castle suitable for?Temperate climatesMild damp climates
- What season do you pick Gordon Castle?Late
- CroppingGood
- How long can you keep Gordon Castle in a fridge?1 week
- Food usesEating fresh
- What is the overall disease resistance of Gordon Castle?Average
- Where does Gordon Castle originate from?United Kingdom
- When was Gordon Castle first introduced?1850 - 1899
- Fruit colourGreen / Yellow
You might also like these varieties
Cambridge GageCambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
JubileeJubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
OpalOpal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
VictoriaVictoria is the most popular English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
British-grown trees
Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK.
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All our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance.
Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS.
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Guaranteed fruit trees
When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions.
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More about plum trees
Eating plums, also known as dessert plums, offer some of the sweetest flavours possible in the temperate garden, rivaling the best of tropical fruits. We particularly rate Avalon, Oullins Gage, Cambridge Gage, Coe's Golden Drop, Old Green Gage, and Opal.
There are several things you can do, as the gardener, to enhance the flavours of these sweet fruits. Firstly, try to plant the tree in full sun - because it is sunlight that ripens the fruits and ensures the maximum sweetness. Secondly, thin the fruitlets in June. To be fair, thinning plum fruitlets is a tedious job, but it is well worth doing because most plum varieties set too many fruits, which leads to poorer fruit size and bland flavours. So if you think your tree has over-set, carefully prune off the developing fruitlets, and don't be surprised if you end up removing half of them or even more - the tree will reward you later on.
Please note that plum trees are generally not suitable for growing in containers.
