Bruce Plum is a semi-dwarf deciduous tree with an upright habit that has a showy display of fragrant white flowers but is primarily grown for its summer freestone fruit. Its fruits have sweet-tart ruby red skin with sweet and mellow yellow-orange flesh that is good fresh or used for cooking. Grows best in full sun and rich, moist well-drained soils. Bruce only requires 500 chill hours, has excellent drought tolerance, and good disease resistance. Needs a cross-pollinator for best yield.
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Type:
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Tree
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Origins:
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P. salicina x P. angustifolia Hybrid
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Height:
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10’ - 20’
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Spread:
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12’ - 15'
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Spacing:
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12’
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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5 - 9
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Culture:
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Full Sun
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Bloom Color:
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White
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Season of Interest:
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Spring, Summer
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: High Maintenance. Needs regular watering. Plums have a lot of pest and disease issues and may necessary. Potential issues include scales, borers, mites, aphids, leaf spots and rots. Fallen fruit can be messy if not harvested.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Wildlife Garden, Naturalized Areas, Ponds and Streams, Edible Gardens, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Strawberry, Peach, Apple
IMAGES: secrettenerife.co.uk, Plum Pickin, (2) TIGER500, Delicious Plums, (3) cogdogblog, 2015-365-207 Plums! Plums! (20042200642), CC BY 2.0, (4) © Jörgens.mi / CC BY-SA 3.0, Pflaumen jm26881, CC BY-SA 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
