{"id":611974152518,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/plum-tree-pollination-groups-chart\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:32","slug":"plum-tree-pollination-groups-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/fruit\/plum-tree-pollination-groups-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Plum Tree Pollination Groups Chart UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Many Plums Are Reliably Self Fertile<\/h2><p>Most plums are either reliably self fertile or partially self fertile, so pollination is much less of an issue than with most other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/fruit-trees\">fruit trees<\/a>; even \u201cNon-Self Fertile\u201d varieties are more like \u201cLow-Self Fertile\u201d.<br>And there are probably compatible plums already in your neighbourhood.<\/p><h3>Plum Pollination<\/h3><p>Use our easy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/fruit\/fruit-tree-cross-pollination-charts\">pollination checking tables<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/pages\/fruit-pollination-partner-tool\">pollination tool<\/a> to quickly find partners for a given tree, or browse the table below.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/plum-fruit-trees\">Plums, Gages, Damsons, Mirabelles and Bullaces<\/a> are closely related trees of the species <em>Prunus domestica<\/em> and its subspecies <em>insititia<\/em>, so they pollinate each other when they are in flower at the same time.<br><br>Pollination groups represent flowering periods, and trees will cross-pollinate with other trees in their own group and adjacent groups, e.g. a tree in Pollination Group C will cross-pollinate with trees in groups B, C, and D (note that the letters can be replaced with numbers, so Group C is the same as Group 3)<\/p><p>For example, a tree in group C will cross-pollinate with trees in groups B, C and D.<\/p><h2>Plum Pollination Groups Chart<\/h2><figure><table>\n<thead><tr>\n<th>Name<\/th>\n<th>Use<\/th>\n<th>Harvest<\/th>\n<th>Pollination Group<\/th>\n<th>Fertility<\/th>\n<th>Colour<\/th>\n<\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/aprimira-miracot-hybrid-plum-trees\">Aprimira (Miracot)<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dessert<\/td>\n<td>August<\/td>\n<td>A \/ B<\/td>\n<td>Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Yellow-Pink<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/jeffersons-plum-trees\">Jeffersons Gage<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dessert<\/td>\n<td>Late Aug<\/td>\n<td>B<\/td>\n<td>Non Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mirabelle Golden Sphere<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dual<\/td>\n<td>Mid Aug<\/td>\n<td>B<\/td>\n<td>Partially Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mirabelle Ruby<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dessert<\/td>\n<td>Late Aug<\/td>\n<td>B<\/td>\n<td>Partially Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Red-Purple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/victoria-plum-trees\">Victoria<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Dessert<\/td>\n<td>Late Aug<\/td>\n<td>B<\/td>\n<td>Very Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Rosy-red, some yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/belle-de-louvain-plum-trees\">Belle de Louvain<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Culinary<\/td>\n<td>Aug<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Purple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/coes-golden-drop-plum-trees\">Coe\u2019s Golden Drop<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dessert<\/td>\n<td>Late Sept<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Non Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/dennistons-superb-plum-trees\">Dennistons Superb<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dessert<\/td>\n<td>Late Aug<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/rivers-early-prolific-plum-trees\">Rivers Early Prolific<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Culinary<\/td>\n<td>Late July<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Partially Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Langley Bullace<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Culinary<\/td>\n<td>Late Sept<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Blue-Black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/merryweather-damson-plum-trees\">Merryweather Damson<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Culinary<\/td>\n<td>Early Sept<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Blue-Black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/opal-plum-trees\">Opal<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dessert<\/td>\n<td>Early Aug<\/td>\n<td>C<\/td>\n<td>Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Purple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/king-damson-plum-trees\">King Damson<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Culinary<\/td>\n<td>September<\/td>\n<td>D<\/td>\n<td>Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Blue-Black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/old-greengage-plum-trees\">Old Greengage<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Dessert<\/td>\n<td>August<\/td>\n<td>D<\/td>\n<td>Non Self Fertile<\/td>\n<td>Yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure><h3>Self-fertile plum varieties<\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/victoria-plum-trees\">\u2018Victoria\u2019 plums<\/a> are the default must-have go-to for a single or first tree. Otherwise,<\/p><p>Remember that <strong>self-fertile fruit trees<\/strong> are <strong>not really self-pollinating<\/strong>: they still need bees and other insects to move their pollen around their flowers.<\/p><h3>Insects (Mainly Bees) are Vital for Pollination<\/h3><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/blossom-of-czar-plum-tree.webp\" alt=\"Czar plum blossom\"><\/p><p>Bees and other insects carry pollen between flowers: even self-fertile trees need them to move their own pollen around their flowers, so an orchard is an ideal place for a beehive, and to encourage wild bees. <br>In exposed, windy locations, or at high altitude above about 800ft, bees find it hard to fly, so it is even more important to provide habitats and windbreaks to help them out; also, it\u2019s best to stick to reliably self-fertile varieties that make the most of limited pollinators.<\/p><h4>How close do plum trees need to be to cross-pollinate?<\/h4><p>The closer they are, the better, but anything within 500 feet \/ 150 metres should be fine.<\/p><h3>Can Plums Pollinate Apples or Pears or Cherries?<\/h3><p>No, plums won\u2019t pollinate cherries or any other fruit tree.<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/cherry-plum-hedge-plants-prunus-cerasifera-myrobalan\">Cherry Plum tree<\/a>, <em>Prunus cerasifera<\/em>, is not a plum-cherry hybrid, but is probably ancestral to most cultivated plums of pure <em>Prunus domestica<\/em> lineage, and does pollinate them.<\/p><p><\/p>\n\n<section class=\"prodshow-shopify-block\" \n         id=\"prodshow-block-1\"\n         >\n\t\n\t<div class=\"prodshow-container\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Multiple Products\/Collection View -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"prodshow-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated 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