Prunus, Japanese Plum 'Santa Rosa'

I just planted one I found "hidden" behind the other stone fruit tree's that were in larger pots at the nursery. I consider this the most...Read More delicious fruit in the world- even better then Mangoes.
Its been the end of about 50 years of "Soon I will get one".

I had planted two bareroot plum trees: a santa rosa and a burgundy. Update: The santa rosa plum tree unfortunately didn't do much and...Read More died, but the burgundy is thriving.

We planted one in summer 2006. It started fruiting the first spring. Very prolific tree - it will produce way more than your family can e...Read Moreat fresh - you will either need to preserve or give away the fruit. :) We get between 60 and 80 lbs a year from our tree, and the bulk ripens in about a two week period starting mid-June in our area. There are a few stragglers, but for two weeks you will need to pick daily.

I'm in coastal southern California and our winter lows rarely drop below 49 degrees in the winter. Even though the books say this variety needs 300-400 chill hours it will produce heavily in areas that get pretty much no chill.

It oversets fruit, but it self thins (they just fall off before mature) so it's not an issue.

No problems of note. I have to prune annually (winter and summer) to keep it in bounds (too near a path) and it is fine with that kind of treatment. I removed a major branch a couple of years ago - taking off a third of the tree and it healed over nicely - even if you need to do severe pruning it bounces right back.

Planted in Fall 2009, producing fruit in Spring 2011. I have about 11 baby plums. Doubt the birds/squirrels will share.