Looking for a Stonefruit Bush

Like the title says, I am looking for a bush or shrub (6 ft or less) that grows stonefruit, preferably plums or cherries. I am extremely limited on space, but would like to grow my own fruit. I have looked into Nanking Cherry, and some others, but nothing strikes my fancy. I live in Zone 7a. Any help would be appreciated.

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Nice list…Thanks for the information. One more thing, I would prefer to eat the fruit fresh, not baked or made into jams, jellies, or wine.

I grafted a prune plum to nanking cherry rootstock as have others. You get a miniature tree, easily maintained, and quite productive when it finally starts bearing:

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Two options that come to mind:

  1. Juliet bush cherry. Based on reports it’s best for fresh eating among bush cherries.

  2. Buy a Krymsk-1 rootstock, grow it in the ground for one year and then graft on top of it. It can be easily maintained in a bush-like form. Krymsk-1 supports apricot, peach, E. plum and A. plum. I have several multigraft “bush-like” trees on Krymsk-1, and I separate apricots, peaches/nectarines, E. plums, and A. plums/pluots to different trees (see some photos below). You can have multiple species on one “bush” if your space is limited.

A one-year-old Krymsk-1 just grafted with multiple A. plums/pluots:

Mariposa and Burgundy plums in bloom one year after they were grafted on Krymsk-1:

Multigraft apricot tree on Krymsk-1 in early fall, one season after grafting:

Redhaven peach on Krymsk-1 in early fall, one season after grafting:

Multigraft E. plum tree on Krymsk-1 in early fall, one season after grafting:

A one-year old Krymsk-1 rootstock before grafting:

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