Sugar

A sweet plum

Origin: USA, 1897

Pollination: Sugar is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce 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, and have Defra plant-passport labels. More ...

Sugar plum and gage trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2027

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 2028. More details of our custom grafting service here.

Characteristics of Sugar plum and gage trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Red-Purple
Flavour
Fruit size	Large
Picking time
Season of use	Late Aug
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Pollination date	16
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners