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plum 'Beauty'
plum 'Beauty'

plum 'Beauty'

Japanese plum

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This Asian variety blesses gardeners with sweetly sublime fruit by mid-July, much earlier than other domestic plums. The medium-sized reddish-purple...

bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m
£44.99
available to order from autumn 2024
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Plant description

This Asian variety blesses gardeners with sweetly sublime fruit by mid-July, much earlier than other domestic plums. The medium-sized reddish-purple plums deliver some of the richest, ‘sweetshop’-like flavour with delightfully low acidity. 'Beauty' yields prolific crops of amber-fleshed fruit distinguished by its wonderfully juicy sweetness and unique taste. This heirloom's self-fertile nature and bountiful harvests make it easy for beginners and keen fruit growers to enjoy.

Pollination information: This plum is self-fertile and does not require a pollinating partner in order to set fruit. This variety of Asian plum is unsuitable as a pollination partner for other plums and gages.

Flowering period

  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

Plant features

Position

Full sun / light shade

Rate of growth

Average

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Fully hardy

How to care for plum Beauty:

When planting your plum tree, prepare a hole up to three times the diameter of its root system. Fork over the base of the pit in readiness, incorporating plenty of organic matter into the backfill and planting hole. Avoiding frozen and waterlogged soil, trees should be planted out as they arrive. If you've ordered a bare root tree, soak the roots in a bucket of water for half an hour prior to planting, or if this is not possible, they can be heeled in temporarily, covering their roots with soil, or potted up. Protect from cold, drying winds. Apply a balanced fertiliser in early spring to support growth and fruiting. Lightly prune in summer to reduce the risk of silver leaf and bacterial canker, to retain an open ‘goblet’ shape and remove any damaged, diseased or broken branches.

Please note:

This plant is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.

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