Plums (Prunus spp.)
Plums come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, colours and flavors. They are possibly the easiest stone fruits to grow. Most varieties are relatively compact with a shrub-like growth pattern. Please note: European and Japanese plums do not cross-pollinate.

Japanese Plums

Japanese plums are the earliest bloomers. The fruit is large and very juicy with softer skin than European and hybrid plums. Great for fresh eating as well as preserving. Easy to grow, they often begin bearing by the second year.

1.25-2m (4-6 ') bareroot trees

Japanese Plum : ELEPHANT HEART Dwarf (Krymsk 1) (Orchard Grade)

Name: Japanese Plum : ELEPHANT HEART Dwarf (Krymsk 1) (Orchard Grade)
SKU: 143-1341-2
Price: 42.95 CAD
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An 'orchard grade' is a tree that may be somewhat shorter, slightly crooked, or a bit scratched, or for some other reason is not a perfect front lawn specimen. These trees will work just as well in an orchard as a first or number one would, since they still produce the very same fruit.

An old favorite developed by Luther Burbank in 1929. It is one of the largest Japanese plums. Heart shaped fruit turns a deep reddish purple when fully ripe. Juicy, blood-red flesh has a rich, distinctive flavour. Ideal for fresh eating, canning or freezing. Vigorous trees is quite hardy, but will benefit from being in a sheltered spot. Freestone. Ripens early September.

SELF-FERTILE* | ZONE 5 | HARVEST: EARLY SEPT.

Rootstock

Dwarf

Pollenizer

Self-Fertile

Zone

Harvest

Early Sept.

Rootstocks

G41 Dwarf

(2.5-3.1m/8-10ft)

G935 Small Semi-Dwarf

(3.25-4m/10-13ft)

G969 Small Semi-Dwarf

(3.25-4m/10-14ft)

G30 Semi-Dwarf

(3.6-5m/12-16ft)

G890 Semi-Dwarf

(3.6-5m/13-16ft)

Pollenator definitions

Some trees and many berry plants are SELF-FERTILE ̶means the insect pollinators or even the wind can pollinate the blossoms without the need of a second tree.
NEEDS A POLLENIZER ̶ means another tree of the same type or kind but a different variety must be blooming nearby at the same time.
EXAMPLE A Liberty apple and a Wealthy apple can cross-pollinate. Two trees of the same variety ie: ̶ 2 Wealthy apples, cannot cross pollinate because they are genetically identical.
Other trees are marked as SEMI-FERTILE. These will set fruit without a second tree. However they will often bear more, and sometimes larger fruit if another variety of the same kind of tree is nearby.
You can select 2 different trees of the same kind marked as NEEDS A POLLENIZER or plant one of those along with one SELF-FERTILE or one SEMI-FERTILE. Also consider ripening times ̶ a Goldrush apple might not start blooming before a Pristine is finished.