Monarch Plum

A good self-fertile late culinary plum

Origin: Hertfordshire UK, 1883

Pollination: Monarch 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 ...

Monarch Plum plum and gage trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2026

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 2027. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Monarch Plum

Raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, UK c 1883 from an open pollinated Autumn Compote. Awarded a First Class Certificate by the RHS in 1894. Was widely grown commercially in the UK as a late variety.

Large, round fruit. Blue-black, bloomy skin often with some white dots. Greenish yellow, firm flesh. Free stone. Not much flavour as a dessert plum but good flavour and colour as a cooker.

Very vigorous upright tree with large round leaves. Tollerates light soils well. Fairly good cropper.

Characteristics of Monarch Plum plum and gage trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Blue
Flavour	Sharp
Fruit size	Large
Picking time
Season of use	Sep
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Disease resistance	Silver Leaf - Resistant
Suitable for	Shade
Pollination date	17
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Autumn Compote