Gypsy Mirabelle or Cherry Plum Tree Options Explained
St Julien A Bush Grows to 3.5m: 150-180cm tall at delivery, bush-shaped, 9-12L pot. 2-3 years old.
Pixy / VVA1 Grows to 3.0m : 150-180cm tall at delivery, bush-shaped, 9-12L pot. 2-3 years old.
Gypsy Mirabelle or Cherry Plum Tree
Gypsy (Prunus insititia 'Gypsy') is a large, bright red mirabelle with sweet orange flesh. The flavour is sugary and rich. Partially self-fertile which means that you will get some fruit but not as much as if you had a pollination partner. This is another tree of the same family that flowers at roughly the same time as this one does so the busy bees, flys etc taken pollen from one tree and put it on another which increases your fruit yield. Other PLUMS that flower early i.e. those in flowering group C1 or C2 will assist in cross-pollination and therefore help increase your fruit production. Just look through the list of plum trees we have and select one from group C1 or C2 to help cross-pollination.
Time of Picking: Early September
Type of Mirabelle: Eating/CookingSelf-fertile/Not self-fertile: This mirabelle is PARTIALLY self-fertile so it is necessary to have another Mirabelle planted for pollination for maximum fruit production.
This Mirabelle is in the flowering period is C1.
Golden Sphere will be suitable to act as a pollination partner for damsons in the flowering periods C1 and C2.
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 leaching issues so we advise against it.
Important Mirabelle Fruit Tree information
Just like many other stone fruits such as Plum, Damsons and Gages, Mirabelle fruit trees do not winter (Oct to Mar) very well if left in their containers outside. The smaller thermal mass and faster drying out issues of a small container can generate problems for the tree to include absence of life or death or just not playing anymore depending on how you want to look at it. If you want to keep the Mirabelle tree in a container, we advise moving to a conservatory or greenhouse.
Plum Tree Pollination
Technically speaking it is possible to use plum trees to pollinate Mirabelle plum trees but has more risk than using another Mirabelle plum tree. If the Mirabelle is self-fertile, this of course is not an issue.
