My Edible Fruit Trees: Plum Trees VIC

AOK Plum

Planted: 2020

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Pest Control: sprayed for cherry pear slug.

Blackthorn or Sloe plum

Comments: -

Prunus spinosa.
a species traditionally employed in hedgerows in Europe.
Also the source of Sloe Berries used in making Sloe Gin - a  gin based liqueur.

Cenarrhenes nitida 'Native Plum'

Comments: -

Cenarrhenes nitida 'Port Arthur Plum'

A native of Tasmania, it's a large bush or small tree that  produces a fleshy plum-like fruit. Unsure of how long they take to reach fruiting age. The plant is intolerant of phosphate so I have avoided giving it any fertiliser. Seems to be growing well so far in a semi-shaded position.

Planted: 2017

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Chinese Bird Plum (Cutting)

Comments: -

Although sometimes reported as deciduous, this plant has remained evergreen throughout Winter with continuous new flushes of growth . The small purple-black fruits are commonly eaten in China and some say that the leaves also have a plum scent. Easy to grow in Melbourne with little care required. Will be great if it can fruit here as it is another highly underutilised fruit.

Planted: 2017

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Mirabelle Plum (Grafted)

Comments: - Mirabelle Plum, Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca, was first recorded in France in 1675. Prized for their superb flavour, the small yellow fruits are incredibly sweet and tangy, with a taste of honey. The tree is partially self fertile and requires 500-700 chill hours.

Planted: 2023

Height 3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Plum

plum

Pollination: No

plum - blood (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: - Not entirely sure if this is a blood plum but it has never been sweet so I use it for preserves.

Fruit Harvest: 15 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Plum - Coe's Golden drop (Grafted)

Plum - Coe\'s Golden Drop

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Plum - D'agen

Plum - D'Agen (Grafted)

Planted: 2018

Plum - Davidsons (Seedling)

Planted: 2018

plum - elephant heart (Grafted) ^6/10

Planted: 2013

Height 1.5 metres

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Plum - Narrabeen (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months February, March, April

Planted: 2017

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Plum - October Purple

Comments: - Duo planted with Wickson.

Height 1 metres

Plum - Prune - Robe de Sergeant

Growing: In the Ground

Plum - Santa Rosa (Grafted)

Comments: -

Santa Rosa is on the left shareing the same hole with the Mariposa sited on it's right. Santa Rosa so far has been the more vigorous of the 2 so far.

Height 190 Centimetres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Plum - Santa Rosa ^8/10

Comments: -

Got from the market last year in pot and planted it this year in the ground near an old big plum tree that was already here when I moved in.  Mixed dirt with cow manure and compost. Used seasol a month ago. It seems to be doing ok.

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

Plum - Santa Rosa (Grafted)

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I bought this plant because I hear good reviews about it and that it is good pollinator for my Satsuma plum.

Planted in the ground in September 2010.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pollination: Cross Pollination

PLum - Santa Rosa

Comments: - Should be nice looking and tasting  red fruit.  Can row in partial shade - we have a huge shed growing in the house behind us covering it's northern sun.

Fruiting Months February

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Compost. Blood and bone mixed with gypsum

Organic Status:Organic

Plum - Wickson

Comments: - Duo planted with October Purple.

Height 1 metres

Plum -Santa Rosa

Plum tree (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

This was already here when I moved in.  The first year I moved in, I had so much fruit, we couldn't eat it all.  I made some plum jam with some.  The rest I was giving it away in boxes.  The following year in winter I pruned it back hard  because I wanted the branches to start growing lower so a could reach the fruit and neaten up the tree.  That summer I got no fruit which I expected.  The next three years I got very little fruit.  I guess I pruned I bit to hard.

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Planted: 2004

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Plum x nectarine - Plumzee (dwarf)

Plum- Elephant Heart (Grafted) ^9/10

Planted: 2019

Growing: In the Ground

Water Given in: Winter

Pluot. Plum/Apricot cross ^10/10

Comments: -

Best tasting fruit ever and crops well

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 35% in After Fruiting and Summer

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Mariposa Plum

When I Fertilise: Never

Prunus spinosa Sloe Plum (Grafted)

Comments: -

The fruit are usually used to make Sloe Gin which takes about 6 months to fully steep.I prefer to use them to make a rich plum flavoured syrup which can be added to desserts, cakes and drinks.

Planted: 2020

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Rusty Plum Niemeyera whitei

Comments: - A rare and vulnerable rainforest species from northern NSW and SE Qld. Bears large globular purple black fruit up to 5cm with pink edible flesh. Very hardy and easy to grow in Melbourne.

Planted: 2020

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Pollination: Self Pollination