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'Mirabelle Golden Sphere' Plum Tree

The perfect culinary plum

The Highlights

    • Lovely looking round, golden yellow fruits
    • Golden Sphere's slight sharpness makes it tart to eat raw, but perfect for cooking and preserving
    • Boasts a longer than average shelf life when kept in the fridge
    • Clouds of linen-white spring blossoms make this an even more attractive addition to the garden
    • Grows to a neat 4 x 4m
    • Partially self fertile - will crop on its own but produce more if there's a partner tree nearby
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

'Mirabelle Golden Sphere' Plum Tree

The perfect culinary plum
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The Highlights

    • Lovely looking round, golden yellow fruits
    • Golden Sphere's slight sharpness makes it tart to eat raw, but perfect for cooking and preserving
    • Boasts a longer than average shelf life when kept in the fridge
    • Clouds of linen-white spring blossoms make this an even more attractive addition to the garden
    • Grows to a neat 4 x 4m
    • Partially self fertile - will crop on its own but produce more if there's a partner tree nearby
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

Know Your Plant

Supplied as:

Bare Root Tree
9L Eco Pot
This tree is supplied in a 9L Poly-Pot, which is approx D15 x H30cm. Poly-Pots use 70% less plastic then traditional pots and can be recycled easily. A 9L pot allows ample space for good root development and can support a good size tree.

Height on arrival:

120-150cm incl. roots
120-150cm inc. pot

Eventual height:

4m

Eventual spread:

4m
4m

Tasting notes:

Sharp and fruity
Ideal for cooking
Sharp and fruity
Ideal for cooking

Time to first crop:

4 years
You may see your first plums 3 years after planting, but you should not expect substantial crops until the 4th/5th year.

Flower colour:

Linen white
Linen white

Hardiness:

Hardy
May require some protection from very late frosts as this can damage the flowers. This won't cause lasting damage to the tree but will reduce the yield of fruit that year.
Hardy
May require some protection from very late frosts as this can damage the flowers. This won't cause lasting damage to the tree but will reduce the yield of fruit that year.

Self fertile:

Partially self fertile
Will fruit better when pollinated by another Plumtree. To pollinate, they must be within a miles radius of each other. They need to flower at the same time. Plums, damsons or gages in the same pollination group, or one either side, can pollinate each other. In built up areas it is unlikely that there won't be a suitable pollination partner within a mile.
Partially self fertile
Will fruit better when pollinated by another Plumtree. To pollinate, they must be within a miles radius of each other. They need to flower at the same time. Plums, damsons or gages in the same pollination group, or one either side, can pollinate each other. In built up areas it is unlikely that there won't be a suitable pollination partner within a mile.

Pollination group:

Pollination group 1
Pollination group 1

Uses:

Cooking, preserves
Cooking, preserves

Rootstock:

Spacing:

4m

Care Guide

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Shows excellent resistance to the main pests and diseases for plum trees including cracking. There may still be a need to keep an eye out for aphids and caterpillars, which can both be washed away with soapy water. Birds will eat the aphids if given the chance so take steps to prevent this like using a fruit net or bird scarers.MORE

Full sun

Plant where the tree will receive around 6-8 hours of sunlight daily in spring/summer.

Prefers well-drained loamy soils

Will tolerate less than perfect conditions but may not fruit too well. Will struggle in poorly draining soil.

Some structural pruning required

Some pruning should be done each winter to ensure that your Plum tree maintains a productive shape. This can improve yields and prevent disease.

For more care tips and ideas visit our Knowledge page

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