Beach Plum - Varieties Available for Sale?

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@Auburn @JesseinMaine

This is a great thread to start with

Beach plums

Beach plums have interested me for their ability to avoid spring frosts because of their delayed bloom times compare to other plums. I planted a few 3 years ago which I’d ordered from Oikos, and they will hopefully produce some fruit this season. They were some of the only plants to show some tip die-back from last year’s -25F, which was a bit dissapointing, but hope springs eternal… A friend has a couple growing in a colder location than mine, and his come from a different source (Fedco) a…

I like this thread also. Jesse iss a talented grower wwith perfect climate for plums

Plums in Maine

Plums are coming in, starting with Underwood and Opal. Plum pie last night-yumzah! I did not spray this year (previously used surround for PC) so some trees hae reduced or damaged crops, but always interestin to see what varieties can produce without intervention. Superior is one(4th leaf tree with 60+ fruit and little pc damage), but it will be another few weeks before those are ready. My hybrid plums are 4-7 years old, on seedling prunus Americana roots, and all are bearing fruit, some ha…

Its hard to grow plums here . Besch plums do fine here now. Any that didnt i removed years ago

Plums in Kansas?

We got plums which is not a small task here. Think plums might be one of our hardest fruits to grow here next to apricots and kiwi. These plums are rough looking but the pictures are shown below. These came from my new plum trees. I graft over the smaller fruited ones and keep the larger fruited seedlings. These were picked from half a dozen different trees so the taste, color. size, etc will be different on each. [image] [image]