Denniston's Superb

Denniston's Superb is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators

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Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flowering group: 2

The small round green fruits of Denniston's Superb look like typical green gages, and have the rich gage-like flavor. However, illustrating how ill-defined the boundary between European plum and gage is, it is now generally considered to be a true European plum, on the basis of its upright growth habit and generally reliable productivity.

These niceties need not both the gardener - if you want a green gage without the fussy demands of some other green gages, this is the one to choose.

Rated by the Victorian writer Hogg as "a first-rate dessert plum".

Trained Denniston's Superb plum trees for sale

Large Fan (starter) tree £45.00
Supplied with 2 primary arms for training on as a fan. Approx mature size: 3m-4m wide and up to 2.5m high. bare-root.
Sold-out for this season

Growing and Training

Although the round green fruit resembles a green gage, Denniston's Superb grows more like a plum tree - upright, quite vigorously, and with good disease resistance. The long whippy branches soon adopt a weeping habit when loaded with fruit.