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Avalon Plum Tree Options Explained
Pixy / VVA1 Grows to 3.0m: 150-180cm tall, 12-15L pot. 2-3 years old, all essential pruning completed.
St Julien A Bush Grows to 3.5m : 150-180cm tall, 12-15L pot. 2-3 years old, all essential pruning completed.
Avalon Plum Tree
First introduced in the turbulent year of 1980 when Paul McCartney was arrested for possession of weed (not dandelions), the Rubik's cube annoyed most of us and post it notes were introduced. We checked and unfortunately, Avalon plum being released onto the market didn't make headline news except maybe in "Plum Lovers Quarterly".
Avalon (Prunus domestica 'Avalon') is a nice, large, round-oval, red-coloured plum and possibly very disloyal as it is always ready to dessert (has a sweet taste) Partially self-fertile so crops numbers can be increased by adding a pollination partner nearby. A strong growing tree but a bit stingy with the plums for the first few years. It is golden flushed with a freestone and not excessively juicy. A good choice for jams (fruit not traffic) but if using for puddings use slightly underripe.
Month of Picking: Mid-August
Type of Plum: Eating
Fertility: This plum is partially self-fertile. This means your fruit yield is dependant upon other plum trees in the area. If you are on a housing estate, chances are another plum is close enough. If you live in a lighthouse with your Avalon plum tree growing in a pot indoors, chances are your fruit yield will be low!
This plum is in flowering period is C2 so for a for a suitable pollination partner, choose another plum from the flowering periods C1, C2 or C3 (as shown in the product titles).
Our Avalon plum tree is supplied in a container, which means that the tree can be planted any time of the year and with better results than either bare-root or rootballed trees.
Planting In The Corner Of A Garden
Air and light is reduced in this location which could promote fungus and bacterial issues. Corners of houses and fences can also suffer leeching issues so we advise against it.
Important Plum Tree information
Plum fruit trees may not winter well if left in their containers and may die so you need to plant as soon as you get them especially if purchased between October and March. Keeping them protected in a heated conservatory or green house should solve this issue if you are not going to plant them.
Mirabelle Plum Pollination
Technically speaking it is possible to use Mirabelle plum trees to pollinate standard plum trees but has more risk than using a standard plum tree. If your plum tree is self-fertile, this of course is not an issue.
