About
A well-flavoured, very juicy, moderately sweet blue plum that produces regular, good crops on a neat tree. It's not self-fertile, so requires a pollination partner. Picking season is early to mid Aug . Free stone, firm flesh. Pollination group 1.
About the genus
Prunus can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs with showy flowers in spring, and often good autumn foliage colour. Some have edible fruit in autumn, and a few species have ornamental bark
Growing conditions
SunlightFull sun
Soil typeClay, Loam, Sand
Soil pHNeutral
Soil moistureMoist but well-drained, Well-drained
AspectSouth-facing, West-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH5
Plant details
Plant typeFruit Edible
HabitBushy
FoliageDeciduous
Height2.5-4 metres
Spread2.5-4 metres
Time to full height5-10 years
Suggested usesCottage and informal garden, Wildlife gardens, City and courtyard gardens
Care notes
CultivationKeep a weed-free area of at least 60cm radius around trunk. Thin fruit if necessary. Irrigate in dry periods. Various training forms are possible, including fan-training
PruningPruning plums; regular pruning according to tree form. Annual pruning required for espaliers, cordons and pruning established fans
PropagationPropagate by chip budding or grafting onto a clonal rootstock for fruit. The rootstock used largely determine the vigour of the tree
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to aphids, caterpillars, fruit tree red spider mite, brown scale, plum moth and bullfinches
Disease resistanceMay be susceptible to peach leaf curl, silver leaf, bacterial canker, blossom wilt and honey fungus