How long to wait for young plums trees to produce?

General Fruit Growing
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I planted a small orchard of European plums in spring of 2017. At the same time, I also planted some Americans/hybrids.

In spring of 2019, all of my Americans/hybrids bloomed, and some even produced fruit (Go Black Ice!) but none of my Europeans produced a single flower. Is it normal for European plums to take longer to come into flower, or are my buds simply killed by cold each year up here in Zone 5A?

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Yes, Euros take a lot longer. It varies how much but 2x, 3x, even 4x longer than Asian/hybrid plums is not unheard of.

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