Queen's Crown plum trees
Prunus domestica - Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Queen's Crown is an attractive dusky red plum, which turns more purple as it ripens.
It can be eaten fresh, and has a sweet rich flavour. It is also a good culinary plum if picked slightly under-ripe.
Queen's Crown plum trees for sale
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree,St. Julien rootstock£44.50
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR21-year bare-root tree,Brompton rootstock£41.25
Very large tree
(4m-7m after 10 years)
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Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
Recommended pollinators for Queen's Crown plum trees
Queen's Crown 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 Queen's Crown.
If you are not sure about pollination requirements don't hesitate to ask us.
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VictoriaVictoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
OpalOpal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
Marjorie's SeedlingMarjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
JubileeJubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
Cambridge GageCambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
FarleighOne of the hardiest damsons, and crops heavily. Farleigh has the distinctive damson flavour.
CzarCzar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.
History
The origins of Queen's Crown are not certain, but it originates from the area around Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire. It may be related to an older red plum called Denbigh.
Queen's Crown characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Pollinating othersAverage
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesMild damp climates
- Picking seasonLate
- CroppingGood
- Keeping (of fruit)1 week
- Food usesEating freshDual purpose
- Disease resistanceGood
- Bacterial cankerSome resistance
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Period of origin1900 - 1949
- Blossom colourWhite
- Fruit colourOrange / Red
- Flesh colourGolden / Yellow
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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.
