Victoria

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• Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Flowering group: 3

Victoria is the most widely-grown fruit tree in the UK - but with good reason. It is easy to grow and produces abundant crops of attractive plums, which are good for eating fresh and unsurpassed in the kitchen.

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Trained Victoria plum trees for sale

• 1Large Fan (starter) tree £42.50
  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
• 2Medium 1-year tree £27.00
  bare-root.

  Sold-out for this season

Growing and Training

As with all stone fruits, Victoria is best trained in a fan or palmette shape - it is not really suitable for espaliers or cordons. Ideally it should be on a south or west-facing wall or fence, but the blossom has some frost-resistance so an east-facing situation is also possible.

Victoria will usually produce a crop even on a north-facing aspect, although in this case the plums will probably be more suited for cooking than eating fresh.

Victoria is reliably self-fertile so you don't need another pollinator. It is also a good pollinator of other different plum and damson varieties.

The main problem with Victoria plum trees is a tendency to over-crop and produce too many plums, which will usually be small with a poor flavour. For best results thin the clusters of fruitlets in May / June - you may need to remove up to half of them!

Victoria characteristics

• Is Victoria self-fertile?Self-fertile
• What flowering group is Victoria?3
• Is Victoria good for pollinating others?Good
• Which awards has Victoria received?RHS AGM (current) - 1993
• Picking period (southern UK)mid-August
• CroppingHeavy
• How long can you keep Victoria in a fridge?1 week
• Food usesEating freshCulinaryDual purpose
• What is the overall disease resistance of Victoria?Poor
• SilverleafVery susceptible
• Where does Victoria originate from?United Kingdom
• When was Victoria first introduced?1800 - 1849
• Fruit colourRed