Varieties Offered
AU Cherry, Bruce, Burbank, Gold, Methley, Morris, Rubrum, Santa Rosa
AU Cherry
A plum tree producing a heavy crop of delicious, small, dark red, tasty plums that resemble a cherry with a clingstone pit. A consistent bearer of excellent quality fruit quality in large crops. Resistant to plum-leaf scald. Self-fertile. Requires 700 chill hours. Blooms in spring. Fruit ripens in June to July. Use fresh or in cooking.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Water Use: Regular
Soil: Well Drained
Hardiness Zone(s): 5-8
Bruce
An early, heavy bearing red skinned plum with sweet, juicy, golden flesh. Ripens in June. Fragrant, pretty, white blooms in spring. Good disease resistance. Needs 500 hours of chilling. Pollinator required. Blooms in spring. Matures in June. Snacking, desserts, jams.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Water Use: Regular During Fruit Development
Soil: Well Drained
Hardiness Zone(s): 5-9
Best Pollinator: Methley
Burbank
Deciduous tree produces heavy crops of red, clingstone fruit with sweet aromatic, flavorful flesh. Pollinator required. Needs only 400 hours of winter chilling. One of the most cold hardy, Japanese plums. Blooms in early spring. Fruit ripens in August. Fruit is good for eating fresh, desserts, or canning.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Water Use: Regular During Fruit Development
Soil: Well Drained
Hardiness Zone(s): 5-9
Best Pollinator: Santa Rosa
Gold Plum
A tree producing a heavy crop of delicious, golden plums with a rosy blush. Abundant, showy, fragrant, white blooms for the bees. A consistent bearer of excellent quality fruit in summer with little maintenance. Requires 300-400 chill hours.Pollinator Required. Booms in spring. Fruit ripens in summer. Use fresh or in cooking.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Water Use: Regular
Soil: Well Drained
Hardiness Zone(s): 5-8
Best Pollinator: Bruce, Burbank, Rubrum, Santa Rosa
Methley
Handsome small tree producing heavy annual crops of sweet, juicy, purple-red fruit that follows fragrant white flowers. Good pollenizer for other early Japanese varieties. Needs 250 hours of chilling. Self-fertile. Blooms in early spring. Fruit matures late spring-summer. Fresh eating, preserves.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Water Use: Regular
Soil: Well Drained, Acidic
Hardiness Zone(s): 5-9
Morris
An early, heavy bearing red skinned plum with sweet, juicy, red flesh. Ripens in June. Fragrant, pretty white blooms in spring. Good disease resistance. Pollinator required. Needs 700 hours of chilling. Blooms in spring. Matures in June. Snacking, desserts, jams.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Water Use: Regular During Fruit Development
Soil: Well Drained
Hardiness Zone(s): 5-9
Best Pollinator: Methley
Rubrum
Large crops of deep red skinned plum with sweet, juicy, firm, red flesh in summer. Fragrant, pretty white blooms in spring. Excellent disease resistance. Requires 700 chilling hours. Self-fertile. Blooms in spring. Matures in June-July. Snacking, desserts, jams.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Water Use: Regular During Fruit Development
Soil: Well Drained
Hardiness Zone(s): 5-9
Santa Rosa
Deciduous tree produces large, aromatic, purplish red fruit with superb flavor. Needs only 250-300 hours of winter chilling. Outstanding variety for both commercial and home use. Self-fertile. Blooms in mid-spring. Fruit ripens from mid-June to early July. Fruit is excellent for eating fresh.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Water Use: Regular
Soil: Well Drained
Hardiness Zone(s): 5-9
Planting Instructions: Dig hole big enough to allow 12” of fill soil between root ball and the sides of the hole. Install the plant so that the top of the root ball is slightly higher than existing soil grade. Backfill with topsoil and water heavily to eliminate air pockets.