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Belle De Louvain Plum Tree (BARE ROOT)
Belle De Louvain plum trees tend to fruit large, firm and very purple fruits and offer a quality dessert and cooking plum.
Fruit will keep for a few days and Belle De Louvain Plum trees are considered to be good croppers (large harvest)with a good level of frost resistance. Suitable for most UK locations unless your local news carries more content about weather warnings than anything else. North West Scotland "should" be able to support the Belle De Louvain plum tree, just make sure it gets as much sun as possible (by that we mean put it in an un-shaded position not send it on regular package holidays to the equator)
Most important information
Month Of Fruiting: August
Type Of Plum: Eating + Cooking
Fertility: (C3) SELF FERTILE
Do I Need To Stake My Bare Root Tree?
Usually no, especially if under 200cm tall. Our article on Tree Staking should help guide you.
Planting In The Corner Of A Garden
Usually air and light is reduced and if it is a corner with a wooden fence and the house then leeching from both could compound issues. Try to avoid.
1 Year Maiden Bare Root Trees
If you plant a 1 Year maiden tree and do not prune it at all, it will grow a little more upright and have more clear stem.
Plum Bare Root Stocks Explained
The type of root stock you buy dictates the age, shape and several other characteristics of your plum tree.
Brompton : Final height of around 4.0+ metres.
Half Standard St Julien A : Final height of around 3.6 metres with the branches starting higher up than the Bush (more conventional tree shape. 2+ years old.
Bush St Julien A : Final height of around 3.6 metres but the branches start lower down the tree (easier picking). 2+ years old.
Maiden St Julien A : Final height of around 3.6 metres. 1+ years old (ideal for Fan/Espalier Training or other shaping)
Maiden Pixy : Final height of around 3.0 metres. 1+ years old (ideal for Fan/Espalier Training or other shaping) Will provide plums a little earlier than St Julien A rootstock.
Bush : This indicates the shape of the plum tree. A bush will have the branches starting lower down the tree to give a bush shape.
All bare root plants need to be planted between November and March whereas our containerised plum trees can be planted all year round.
Basic Pollination Explanation
If a plum tree is listed as SELF FERTILE then it produces fruit if planted by itself. If not, then it will belong to 1 of 5 pollination groups (C1,C2,C3,C4 or C5), each group being a 1-2 week block of time in April-May when the plum tree blossoms. When in blossom (or flowers) this is when a non self-fertile plum tree requires a pollination partner from the same group or one up or one down. For example a C3 non self-fertile plum tree requires another C2,C3 or C4 plum nearby.
Partially self-fertile plum trees provide fruit by themselves but give more plums if a pollination partner is close by. A typical housing estate is likely to have other plum trees close enough.
Plum Bare Root Season
The Plum bare root season is from November to March/early April depending on weather. If you order outside of these times, your order will be held until bare root trees are back in season. If you order before the season starts, you will get "pick of the bunch" as first come first served and the best trees are sent out first.
