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Denniston's Superb Plum tree

Owner: Georgia

Location:  London, LONDON, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2013
Age of this tree:14 years
Soil:London clay 
Climate at this location:Temperate
Pruning:Prune
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated

Season records for this tree

  • 2017

    Spring blossom: 25 March
    Harvest: 2nd week August  4kg / 9lbs
    Size: 3.5m / 11.7ft high   2.0m / 6.7ft wide
    Some brown rot - didn't thin. Lost central branch when cut down ash next to it.