Which plum varieties are self-pollinating?

Would you like to have a plum tree in your garden, too?

But what if you only have room for one tree or sapling?

Then choose a self-pollinating plum!

In order to bear fruit, most plum varieties need another plum tree.

This must be a different variety, with the same flowering period. The bees will then ensure that the plums pollinate each other. This is called cross-pollination.

Although cross-pollination is necessary for many plum varieties, there are also self-pollinating plum trees (also known as self-fertile). These, therefore, do not need a second plum tree to bear fruit.

Self-pollinating plum trees are ideal for a small garden.

Since you don't need a second tree, you save a lot of space. That's handy if your yard isn't very big.

Which plum varieties are self-pollinating?

In the list below, you'll find well-known self-pollinating plum varieties (Prunus domestica).

• Altesse Simple
• Anna Spath
• Mirabelle de Metz
• Mirabelle de Nancy
• Monarch
• Opal
• Saint Catherine
• Victoria
• Warwickshire Drooper

Higher yield?

Although self-pollinating varieties do not need another tree, the yield is often greater or of higher quality if a second plum tree is within reach.

It doesn't have to be a large tree, by the way; it can also be a low-stem tree, a columnar tree, or an ornamental plum tree.

Check out these self-pollinating fruit trees as well:

Self-Pollinating Apple Varieties

Self-Pollinating Pear Varieties

Self-Pollinating Cherry Varieties