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Scionwood order
deadline:
February 21, 2025
Priority fulfillment
deadline for trees:
March 7, 2025
Final order deadline for trees:
mid-spring, when we run out of stock
Orders placed on or before March 7 will ship around
March 26 through late April, starting with warmer areas and finishing in
colder areas.
Orders placed after March 7 will ship around late
April
through early-to-mid May, in the order in which they were received.
Sorry, we cannot expedite these orders, add to existing orders or
combine orders.NOTE: Scionwood and early rootstock orders ship around March
10.
Prunus spp. Midsummer. P. Lydecker [Prunus besseyi × (P. salicina Oka × P. s. Z’s Blue Giant)] University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 2006.
Large 2" round early-ripening high-quality hardy blue-black dessert plum. Very sweet juicy reddish-purple semi-freestone flesh. Precocious and productive tree with a naturally compact growth habit.
Bred by Brian Smith, whom we visited on a fruit exploration trip in the Upper Midwest. He graciously toured us through his amazing nursery in River Falls, Wisconsin. He was growing many of his plums in huge tubs, manipulating bloom time using greenhouses and coolers. This enabled him to cross species or varieties that would never normally flower together.
Though we’re not fans of plant patenting, we are pleased to offer his first major introduction. The literature recommends Toka or La Crescent as a pollinator. PPA expired in 2024! Z3. Maine Grown. (3–6' bare-root trees)
7391
Black Ice
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Additional Information
Hybrid Plums
Hybrid plums require a second variety for pollination. The North American native plum Prunus americana is a particularly good pollinator for hybrid plums. Your plum trees can be planted close to form a thicket, or spaced 15–20' in an orchard setting.
At maturity, hybrid plums are roughly 15–20' tall.
