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Grafted plum trees are capable of bearing large crops from 1 year after planting. They make delightful ornamental trees due to their mass display of white blossoms during August. Both self-pollinating and cross-pollinating varieties are available and exhibit very different characteristics.
This golden plum is firm with excellent flavour & texture and a small seed. 350 hours chill. Dwarfing characteristics makes this an ideal backyard variety. An excellent all-round variety with the added bonus that it doesn’t seem to be affected by fruit fly. Partially self pollinating but benefits from pollination with Gulfruby, Gulfblaze.
Juicy, yellow flesh, clingstone, large size if properly thinned, attractive red skin blush, resistant to bacterial spot. Very low chill 275 hrs. Pollinator Gulfgold or Gulfblaze.
A Japanese blood plum with dark red flesh and large fruit if thinned. The flavour is excellent, the skin glossy red and it has a egg shaped fruit. Will crop over a wide range of climates. Pollinator Satsuma
A red fleshed, local blood plum with very sweet, small round fruit. Self pollinating. 400 hours chill. Bears Nov to Dec.
Red to purple flesh with a freestone. The flavour is good, the growth vigorous and its bears particularly well, in fact to get large fruits it may require thinning. The firm juicy flesh has a sweet spicy flavour. Self pollinating. 350 - 400 hours chill. Bears November to early December.
Medium sized self pollinating blood plum that requires approximately 450 hours of chill. It is very ornamental with deep red leaves, and has beautiful pink flowers in spring. Bears around late December.
Excellent, all-around rootstock for apricots, plums, almonds. Shallow but vigorous root system tolerates wet soils and is widely adapted; is more deeply rooted than Marianna. Resistant to root-knot nematodes and has some resistance.
Mega Tube | $9.75 AU | 
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Rootstock used for Plums and Apricots
Mega Tube | $9.75 AU | In Production |
European plum with small-medium sized, roundish fruit with greenish-yellow skin. Flesh is amber-yellow coloured, firm, freestone. Good, sweet flavour. Tends to bear biannually. A favourite for cooking, canning and desserts. Ripens in late summer. Forms relatively small tree. Pollinate with Prune d'Agen.
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Extremely sweet, yellow fleshed fruit with red to dark red skin. Heavy and regular bearer of small fruit, long-oval in shape. Excellent for drying and jam making. Mid- to late season maturity. High chill, needs a cold winter.
Bare Root | $29.00 AU | In Production |
Purple coloured oval-shaped fruit. Very sweet yellow flesh with a freestone. A prolific bearer, dAgen is excellent for fresh fruit and drying. Fruit should be fully mature to ensure maximum sugar content. Pollination , other prune cultivars or Coxs Golden Drop, Green Gage plums.
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Spring Satin is a cross between an apricot and a plum. Fruits are large with reddish black skin and golden red flesh, they are firm and very sweet, simply delicious! Beautiful blossoms in spring, fruit ripens December. Productive, vigorous tree grows to approximately 4m at maturity.Partially self fertile but benefits from pollination with other plums and apricots.
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Large, first quality fruit, purplish-crimson in colour with a pale blue bloom. Flesh yellow, with a red blush coming from just below the skin. Mildly sweet, with some tartness near skin and stone. Good bearer, considered to be one of the best plums.
Bare Root | $29.00 AU | In Production |
This plum/apricot hybrid is one of a new generation of traditionally bred plums with a bright, very sweet flavour, does not have the tart aftertaste of many plums; this has been replaced with the aroma of the apricot. PluotÆ interspecific plums are as easy to grow as any regular plum. Suitable pollinizer: 'Mariposa'.
Bare Root | $29.75 AU | In Production |
(85-1) Earliest ripening of low chill plums. Fruit colour is dark red, with yellow flesh. Sour skin but sweet flesh when fully ripe. Good fruit size when thinned and heavy cropping. Pollinates with Gulfruby, Gulfgold, Gulfblaze. Requires 325 hours chill. Oct to Nov
Comments (1)NEW | 175mm pot | $24.90 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
(87_4) Promising variety with tasty and juicy fruit. Good low chill selection of 350 hours
175mm pot | $24.90 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
Excellent appearance and above average size. Good fruiting at 325 hours chill
175mm pot | $24.90 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
Large, round fruit with deep pink to red skin over a yellow-green background and a heavy bloom. Flesh is creamy white. The tree is a heavy producing variety, the fruit are sweet, firm and juicy. Used for its fresh fruits, jams and stewing.
Comments (2)NEW | 175mm pot | $24.90 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
This local selection has red to yellow flesh sometimes referred to as the 'Kyogle Plum'. The flesh is very sweet. 400 hours chill. Selfpollinating. Bears November to December.
175mm pot | $24.90 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
175mm pot | $24.90 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 4 | High | Yes | Deciduous | October - December |
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11 Months only, until 50 fruit after first planting out !Quik aye?But does have fruit fly and is also tasteless flavourless fruit but is healthy organic food. | R - Bankstown, NSW 19-Mar-2006
2 YEARS OLD : Plum flowers have appeared from July 20 to August 20 and there are about 3000 flowers ! So probably about 3000 fruit in early December ! Will the branches break under the weight of the plums this second year ? | Rolf - Bankstown, NSW 05-Sep-2006
Excelent colour | Artur Babrych - Paddington, POLAN 30-Jul-2007
I have a Gulf Ruby & a Gulf Gold that have been in 2 years. Both crop well and are great flavour. | Jenny - Wingham, NSW 14-May-2008
In Sth Gippsland, people have put in Coe's Golden Drop to pollinate Green Gauge. Many reports of no fruiting. You recommend Prune d'Agen. Is Coe's Golden drop the wrong pollinator being used?Interesting? | Ann Tree - Mirboo North, VIC 01-Jul-2008
I have heard any eastern plum will pollinate eastern plum any european plum will pollinate european plum | Stan Kennedy - Brombin, NSW 15-Oct-2008
Stan, Yes these plums are low chill. For example I am growing the gulf ruby in brisbane with no problems. | Correy - Brisbane, QLD 17-Oct-2008
87-7 is gulf blaze | Bob - Sp, TEXAS 23-Dec-2008
Gulf ruby = 8-2 | Bob - Qf, TEXAS 23-Dec-2008
I have Prune D'Agen and Coes Golden Drop with Green Gage. Seems Coe's flowers a little later than Green Gage and the Prune with me. Check your flowering times - and maybe plant a prune... | Steve - Preston, VIC 26-Aug-2009
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