Plum Tree Pollination
posted this on 18 Jul 2016
Guide to Pollinating Plum Trees 
Plums, Gages, Damsons, Mirabelles and Bullaces are all very closely related trees in the Group Prunus domestica.
They will all happily pollinate each other, when they are in flower at the same time.
How the plum pollination groups work:
A tree will cross-pollinate with trees in its own group and the groups next to it.
For Example:
- A tree in group C will cross-pollinate with trees in groups B,C and D.
| Name | Use | Harvest |
Pollination Group
|
Fertility | Colour |
| Jeffersons | Dessert | Late Aug |
B
|
Non Self Fertile | Green |
| Mirabelle Golden Sphere | Dual | Mid Aug |
B
|
Partially Self Fertile | Yellow |
| Mirabelle Ruby | Dessert | Late Aug |
B
|
Partially Self Fertile | Red-Purple |
| Coe's Golden Drop | Dessert | Late Sept |
C
|
Non Self Fertile | Yellow |
| Dennistons Superb | Dessert | Late Aug |
C
|
Self Fertile | Yellow |
| Rivers Early Prolific | Culinary | Late July |
C
|
Partially Self Fertile | Blue |
| Langley Bullace | Culinary | Late Sept |
C
|
Self Fertile | Blue-Black |
| Merryweather (Damson) | Culinary | Early Sept |
C
|
Self Fertile | Blue-Black |
| Opal | Dessert | Early Aug |
C
|
Self Fertile | Purple |
| Victoria | Dual | Late Aug |
C
|
Self Fertile | Red |
| Cambridge Gage | Eat / Cook | Mid August |
D
|
Partially Self Fertile | Green |
| Czar | Culinary | Early Aug |
D
|
Self Fertile | Blue |
| King Damson | Culinary | Mid Sept |
D
|
Self Fertile | Purple |
| Old Greengage | Dessert | Early Sept |
D
|
Non Self Fertile | Green-Yellow |
| Oullins Golden Gage | Dual | Mid Aug |
D
|
Partially Self Fertile | Yellow |
| Shropshire Prune (Damson) | Culinary | Early Sept |
D
|
Self Fertile | Blue-Black |
| Marjorie's Seedling | Dual | Late Sept |
E
|
Partially Self Fertile | Blue |
Almost all the trees in the plum family that we grow are either reliably self fertile or at least partially self fertile, so pollination is much less of an issue with plums than with most other fruit trees.
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