And I've just rmembered the wild plum. When I was visiting family in Bewdley in Worcestershire there were lots of fruit trees growing wild by the river. I picked up some of the fruit and asked in the local farm shop if they could identify it. The man in the shop bit into the fruit without any hesitation and said, "That's a wild plum." The fruit was delicious. It must have been a kind of cherry plum but I don't know what sort. The fruits were yellowish red and quite small.
You'll need a large pot to grow plums - there isn't as much choice due to a limited number of dwarfing rootstocks. Try googling for "patio plum" to see the sort of thing available which might be suitable.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Thanks Bob. It needs to be the tougher wild plum on a dwarf rootstock or a damson tree. I think the damson may be the better bet as you can get these on rootstocks that are suitable for pots. The only reason I'm putting it in a pot is because we have ponticum nearby and some trees and bushes won't survive around it. I'd like to get rid of it but my husband likes it.
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And I've just rmembered the wild plum. When I was visiting family in Bewdley in Worcestershire there were lots of fruit trees growing wild by the river. I picked up some of the fruit and asked in the local farm shop if they could identify it. The man in the shop bit into the fruit without any hesitation and said, "That's a wild plum." The fruit was delicious. It must have been a kind of cherry plum but I don't know what sort. The fruits were yellowish red and quite small.
You'll need a large pot to grow plums - there isn't as much choice due to a limited number of dwarfing rootstocks. Try googling for "patio plum" to see the sort of thing available which might be suitable.
Thanks Bob. It needs to be the tougher wild plum on a dwarf rootstock or a damson tree. I think the damson may be the better bet as you can get these on rootstocks that are suitable for pots. The only reason I'm putting it in a pot is because we have ponticum nearby and some trees and bushes won't survive around it. I'd like to get rid of it but my husband likes it.