An ideal spot to grow a damson tree would have six to eight hours of daily sunlight and a fertile, well-draining soil type.

All plum trees require pollination to produce fruit. Some plum varieties are self-fertile, such as 'Violette' and 'Jubilee', meaning that the tree can produce fruit on its own without needing the ...

Damson plums are self-fertile, meaning each tree can pollinate its own flowers to produce fruit, although some cultivars may produce better if another European plum with the same flowering time is ...

This rare specimen offers green-thumbed shoppers the chance to grow two varieties of plums on the same tree, as it comes from ...

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Put the trees in the ground in January and you will have blossoms by March. Some trees, such as ‘Anna’ apples, may even fruit the first season.

For the past two years, my plum tree has produced plenty of fruit, but they all drop off while still very small. What am I doing wrong? – P.L. Samuels, Norfolk Do we have a plum tree? We thou… ...

Q. My flowering plum has made fruit this year. I have been here five years and this tree never made fruit before. I thought it was for flowering only and would not make fruit.

As I pull into the parking area at my neighbor Chip’s house in early spring, the late afternoon sun lights up her Shiro plum tree, and I sit there, staring at its beauty. No leaves have emerged ...

Q. Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, it has so many plums that I’m afraid the branches may break! Why? This phenomenon is called “alternate year bearing ...