• Record your blossom dates!
  • Our fruit tree register lets you record your spring blossom dates from year to year.More>
Orange Pippin logo
All about apples, pears, plums, and cherries - and orchards where they are grown

Early Prolific Plum tree

Owner: Colin

Location:  United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about
Soil:Clay 
Climate at this location:Temperate
Pruning:Pyramid
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:aphids causing leaf blistering, but controllable by pruning affected shoot tips

Owner's comments

Hand pollination is required for good crops due to lack of honey bees in the area