The Right Way To Prune Plum Trees Most plum trees are trained into an open-centered shape, with several main limbs instead of just one trunk. This shape allows more light to reach the branches and ...

Growing a plum tree can be a rewarding experience for any gardener. Plums trees, Prunus domestica are members of the rose – or Rosaceae – family, and so unsurprisingly they put on a brilliant ...

Do we have a plum tree? We thought this was a peach tree. It was one of the many trees that had sprung up from our mulch pile, and we knew we had thrown peach pits in there. But the fruit does not ...

Varieties of Japanese plum fruits are yellow or light red, but never purple-blue. Japanese plums will produce better crops when cross-pollinated. In my garden, I have an Elephant Heart and a Santa ...

Q: We planted a ‘Nadia’ plum tree two years ago (plum ‘Nadia’ - St Julien A). In discussion with staff and confirmed on the tag, the tree is supposed to be self-fertile so we did not plant ...

OSU Extension Service Q: I have a flowering plum tree in my backyard next to an Italian plum tree. The last couple years the bugs are destroying my fruit-bearing tree before I get any plums.