Red Cherry Plum

A heart shaped red cherry plum found in an old hedgrow at Keepers Nursery

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Pollination: Red Cherry Plum is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Red Cherry Plum damson, cherry plum and bullace trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price	Quantity
Maiden	VVA-1Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	AdaptabilSemi-vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

Characteristics of Red Cherry Plum damson, cherry plum and bullace trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Red
Flavour	Sharp
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	July
Season of use	July
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing
Cropping	Heavy
Pollination date	2
Pollination group	A
Self-fertility	Self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners