Thanks to the remarkable flavor and nutritional properties of its fruit, as well as its relative ease of care, plums have become one of the most popular stone fruit crops. By understanding and following the proper growing practices, you'll reap bountiful harvests every year. Which varieties are good pollinators for each other? How do you properly shape the crown to achieve the desired degree of branching? What should you do with summer soil amendments? What are the consequences of excessive organic or mineral fertilizers? When can root suckers be used for propagation? Read our authors' articles!
A hybrid of blackthorn and plum, known as the damson plum, combines the sloe's ruggedness with the plum tree's soft, delicious fruit. Description and characteristics of the species.