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Essential Citrus Collection

Citrus

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Collection contains 3 plants

  • 1 x Meyer Lemon Tree - Citrus x meyeri
  • 1 x Mandarin Tree - Citrus deliciosa
  • 1 x Sweet Orange - Citrus sinensis

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A pollinator duo of half-standard plum trees that brings together the varieties 'Golden Queen Claude', with round and golden fruits of excellent taste, and 'Bavay Queen Claude', a very productive and excellent pollinator, which produces large yellow-green plums that are very sweet. Planted in the same garden, these two plum trees pollinate each other, ensuring an abundant and delicious harvest from mid-August to mid-September.
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -4°C
Soil type
Silty-loamy (rich and light)
Best planting time April to May
Recommended planting time March to June
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Flowering time March to August
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Harvest time March to December
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Description

This Self-fertile Duo of Half-Standard Queen Claude Plum Trees brings together the varieties Golden Queen Claude, with round and golden fruits of excellent taste, and Bavay Queen Claude, very productive and an excellent pollinator, which produces large yellow-green plums that are very sweet. Planted in the same garden, these two plum trees pollinate each other, ensuring an abundant and delicious harvest from mid-August to mid-September.

This duo consists of:

- x1 'Golden Queen Claude': a variety that has been introduced a long time ago in the southwest, easy to grow, renowned for the taste of its large round plums. The tree can reach a height of 8m (26ft). Its fruits ripen around mid-August, they are round and measure about 4cm (2in) in diameter. They have a thin skin, greenish-yellow, with a golden side where the plum receives sunlight. The flesh, pale yellow, is juicy, sweet, and aromatic: it is of excellent taste. A very good pollinating variety, the Golden Reine Claude is not self-fertile and requires the presence of another plum tree to fruit satisfactorily. It is slightly sensitive to fruit splitting before ripening but without brown rot. This plum tree is tolerant to Bark-Split (Bark Splitting Disease) and withstands handling and transportation well.

- x1 'Bavay Queen Claude': a fairly vigorous variety (7m (23ft) tall), very productive, with quick and regular fruiting. It produces large round fruits, firm, juicy, sweet, and fragrant, with a yellow-green color. Harvesting begins around mid-September. This plum tree is self-fertile and resistant to diseases. A very good pollinator, it is, however, sensitive to very cold climates, as its flowering is quite early, in mid-March.

Labeled separately, in 12/15 Litre pots.

The original area of plum trees is believed to be Syria, not China. During the Roman hegemony over the region, various local fruits including plums were introduced to Rome. These fruit trees have a free and spreading habit. When well pruned, it is easy to harvest. It requires little care and maintenance thanks to the natural openness of its branches. It thrives in full sun or partial shade and grows in any type of rich, moist, deep, even heavy but non-calcareous soil.

Its deciduous leaves are oval, almost oblong, with toothed edges and slightly pubescent. They fall in autumn. Flowering takes place in March or April, depending on the varieties. The tree is then completely covered with white flowers that appear on the leafless branches of the previous year. They are not self-fertile in most cultivated varieties. Therefore, it is necessary to plant another plum tree nearby to obtain more abundant fruit or harvests.

Plums are consumed raw at the base of the tree, in fruit salads, but also in desserts, pastries, as accompaniment to meats and other dishes. They are transformed into jams, of course, but also into syrup-soaked fruits, compotes etc. They are also used to make brandy.

A half-standard fruit tree is composed of a trunk with a branch attached to it, measuring only between 1.20 and 1.50m (4 and 5ft) in height. The branches are also slightly shorter.

 

Plant habit

Height at maturity 4 m
Spread at maturity 6 m
Growth rate normal

Fruit

Use Table, Jam, Cooking
Harvest time March to December

Flowering

Flower colour white
Flowering time March to August
Flower size 2 cm
Fragrance Very fragrant, parfum suave de néroli
Bee-friendly Attracts pollinators

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour green

Botanical data

Genus

Citrus

Family

Rutaceae

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference21067

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Planting and care

The Queen Claude Plum grows in all types of light, rich, neutral or acidic soil, moist but not excessively humid and without limestone. Ensure proper drainage of the planting hole with a thin layer of gravel. Dig a good hole two to three weeks before planting. On the chosen day, place the tree in a basin of water to moisten the entire root ball. Add compost to the bottom of the hole. Plant the tree in the hole and fill with a mixture of soil and compost. Do not bury the graft union. Firmly tamp down the soil at the base. The root ball should be completely covered. Water generously.

You can add a small handful of wood ash, rich in potash, during winter to improve fruiting.

Planting period

Best planting time April to May
Recommended planting time March to June

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow
Type of use Free-standing, Container, Orchard
Hardiness Hardy down to -4°C (USDA zone 9b) Show map
Ease of cultivation Amateur
Planting density 1 per m2
Planting spacing Every 200 cm
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Acidic, Neutral
Soil type Silty-loamy (rich and light), deep, loose, rich

Care

Pruning instructions Only prune what is strictly necessary as plum trees become sensitive to injuries and therefore diseases. Apply a healing paste to protect it. Pruning the plum tree for training to shape the tree's framework. In the first year, during winter but outside the freezing period, prune the tree in order to obtain 4 to 5 branches pointing outward. Pruning for fruiting: after the harvest of plums, and outside the freezing period, remove dead wood and fragile branches. Remove any fruits left on the tree and burn them. Remove shoots (shoots at the base of the tree).
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time March to April
Soil moisture Wet
Disease resistance Average
Overwinter Needs to be stored

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