Stanley Plum Tree

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 -  Thursday, January 28, 2010
Stanley Plum
Reviewed By: KK (Naples, ID)
I am disappointed in my stanley plum tree. Year one I figured was for settling in. Year two brought not much change. Year three gave me two blossoms but no new height, and year four I would think I would have at least a six foot tree with branches, but lo and behold my plum stick has not gained height and has very few branches. It sure likes to send out the suckers though. Worth trying? I guess it depends on your location.

 -  Sunday, April 27, 2008
Stanley Plum
Reviewed By: K. Summers (Surrey, BC)
I bought my plum tree last spring. It was bear root and the nursery recommended that I not plant it until summer so the roots could grow in the pot and gather the soil around themselves. I temporarily buried the pot in the ground and then planted the tree late August. The nursury said that since the plum is of the "prunus" family (like the cherry) that it should be pruned in the summer and not the fall or spring when it is dormant. (I think this is because the wound may have trouble healing and make unsightly bulbous like scars) I was also not to prune the new tree this first year. It has been a year now and the tree needs a good pruning. Its branches are now quite long and I might say gangly?? I am thinking of getting a professional in for this first pruning to set the proper tone/look for the tree. Note I also have an Italian Plum tree and it hasn't got that same long branched gangly look, it is very shaply and attractive and will require little pruning this year. I am worried that if I cut too little from the branches that need pruning (they are so long) that the tree will look odd and its appearance will forever be an ugly reminder. I love reading other peoples reports. Thank you to all those who contribute.

 -  Monday, February 23, 2009
very old Stanley Plum Tree
Reviewed By: Walter Watts (Hillsdale, Illinois)
I purchased several Plum trees from Gerney's about 30 years ago. The only surviving tree is the Stanley. It has produced large crops one year and small another. A couple of years it produced none at all. The fruit is excellent for canning and eating right off the tree. I am starting a new Stanley this year due to the aging of the first. I'd say the $15+ we paid at the time was a good investment.


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