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Black Ice® Standard Hybrid Plum Tree
Hardy to Zone 3
Mature Height 15-20 feet
No Staking Required
Self-pollinating
Prunus salicina hybrid
Prunus salicina hybrid
Fruit & Nut Tree pre-ordering is now closed, Friends!
If you’ve placed your pre-order, pick-up weekend will be April 27 & 28, 2024 (from 10-2pm)!
Black Ice is actually a Japanese Plum crossed with native Western Sandcherry, released in 2006 from Brian Smith of University of Wisconsin River Falls. The Japanese parent brings the lush dark purple red skin and red-yellow flesh, and the Western Sandcherry lends Black Ice its incredible zone 3 cold hardiness. Sweet, juicy and I am delirious just remembering eating a Black Ice….Summer cannot come soon enough! Black Ice Hybrid Plum trees are 2-year old, non-organic, bare-root nursery stock.
Several Fruition tree varieties & rootstocks are patented, including this variety — to learn more, hop in here.
And Friends! This variety needs another Plum variety nearby for pollination.
Please purchase trees & tree kits separately from non-tree items. Also on orders of 25+ trees, enjoy a 10% discount automatically applied to your cart!
✦ New for all Fruit & Nut orders: Pre-order online & pick up your trees on April 27 & 28, 2024 from 10-2 pm. It’s true, while we won’t be shipping any tree orders this year, please join us for tree order pick up during Fruition’s fun-filled Fruit & Nut Tree Weekend at the farm in Naples, NY!
Final day to order Fruit & Nut Trees is April 14th
Fruit & Nut Growing Resources from Fruition & Beyond General Fruit & Nut Tree Growing: Fruition’s (Apple) Tree Growing Guide Apples: Elderberry: University of Vermont And Friends, please join us for future live Fruition Fruit Q&Q webinars here:
Fruition’s current online tree growing resources are focused on Apple Trees however Pears, Plums, Peaches, Apricots and Cherries require much the same site choice, planting, and basic care considerations.
Fruition’s Free Organic Orcharding Course
Fruition’s pre-recorded Fruit Q & Qs Webinar Library
New England Tree Fruit Management Guide
Cornell’s Guide to Growing Fruit at Home
Cornell’s Tree Fruit Resources
all books by the late Michael Phillips
All resources above and…
The Holistic Orchard and The Apple Grower are fabulous books by Michael Phillips.
A Grower’s Guide to Organic Apples from Cornell
Figs: Penn State Extension
Grapes: Cornell Cooperative Extension
Mulberry: Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association
Pawpaws: Cornell Cooperative Extension
Chinese Chestnut: Arnold Arboretum
Hazelnut: CornellForestConnect
Northern Hardy Pecan: Society of Ontario Nut Growers
Videos
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