My Edible Fruit Trees: Plum Trees

Plum - Red seedling (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - Grew this plant from seed of fruit labelled as Red Plum, which might actually be Amber Jewel. The tree has now fruited and the result is a firm, very dark red large plum with a good flavour. Crop has been limited, possibly due to need for cross-pollination, so have now planted other plum tree seedlings nearby for that purpose. Grows vigorously in Sydney.  Also grafted on in Katoomba where it produced a large crop of large plums.

Planted: 2015

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from Seed

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Using fruit bags on individual plums.

Burdekin Plum (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - Doubles its size in 6 months. Just give water, too easy to grow.

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 16

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

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 - Gulf Ruby (Grafted) ^6/10

Planted: 2023

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Gulf Gold

Davidson Plum NSW (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: -

native and unique

Planted: 2022

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Plum - President (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Tree growing in Katoomba. Excellent slightly tart flavour. Must be patient not to pick till fully ripe to get best flavour, but not allow to overripen as it will lose flavour completely.

Fruiting Months February

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Plum Mirabelle (Seedling) ^6/10

Comments: - Tree growing in Katoomba. Small soft sweet fruit, light yellow-green colour. Didn't fruit in 2016 but fruited in 2017. Not tasty enough so removed to make room for another fruit tree.

Fruiting Months January

Planted: 2011

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Plum - Coe’s golden drop (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

Tree growing in Katoomba. Juicy sweet plum. However, very susceptible to splitting due to rain and then getting infected with brown rot. 

Fruiting Months February

Planted: 2011

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Davidson Plum NSW

Jambolan Plum

Plum Pine

Plum - Early Sweet

Plum - Santa Rosa (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

This has been grafted to a tree as a "double graft" with a Mariposa plum so that they can cross-pollinate one another.

I am so happy with it!

It flowered and "fruited" already technically, but dropped all its fruit as it really is far too young and small to be bearing fruit.

However it did everything perfectly, so maybe this year or next year we will start to see the pay off and its "practice run" kept the local bees happy.

Still in a large grow pot while we work out where to install it!

Planted: 2022

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Mariposa

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Plum - Mariposa (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

This has been grafted to a tree as a "double graft" with a Santa Rosa plum so that they can cross-pollinate one another.

I am so happy with it!

It flowered and "fruited" already technically, but dropped all its fruit as it really is far too young and small to be bearing fruit.

However it did everything perfectly, so maybe this year or next year we will start to see the pay off and its "practice run" kept the local bees happy.

Still in a large grow pot while we work out where to install it!

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Santa Rosa

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

Davidsons Plum - QLD (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - It's a beautiful looking tree - there's something prehistoric looking about it and it's doing really well in a large terracotta pot.

Planted: 2021

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter/Seasol

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Wongai Plum

Plum - Gulf Blaze

Plum - Gulf Beauty

Plum - Gulf Ruby

Plum - Mariposa

Pluot Plum - Black Adder

Plum - Yarrahapinni Blood (Grafted)

Planted: 2022

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Question: When do Yarrahapinni Blood plum come out of dormacy in the Wollongong region?

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

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

Kaffir Plum (Seedling)

Comments: -

Kaffir Plum - Harpephyllum caffrum. A small hardy tree from South Africa that does well in Melbourne. It produces sweet and sour fruit and is best eaten by squeezing the delicious juicy pulp from the thin skin straight into the mouth. Great for making lemonade too!

Planted: 2021

Height 10 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Burdekin Plum

Height 60 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Plum - Sugar plum (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Tasty sweet plum. However, expremely susceptible to brown rot, so I shall be reworking this tree to another less susceptible variety.

Fruiting Months February

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 6 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Pest Control: Fruit susceptible to brown rot in humid weather. Lost half the crop. Have started spray program with fungicide to control the brown rot which can spread to other plums and cherries.

Organic Status:Organic

Plum - Reine Claude de Bavay (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - This variety is reported to be very tasty and is popular in Europe. Does not appear to be available in Australia, but I was fortunate to obtain one from a private grower in Victoria. Tree being grown in Katoomba. First fruit in 2017 - very similar to green gage so I suspect it is not Reine Claude. Bought a scion of Reine Claude in 2021 from grower guaranteeing it is genuine, and grafted it on. 

Planted: 2012

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Plum Gulf Gold Tree (G) (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Planted when dormant in Winter,  now growing well

Planted: 2021

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring