Product Description
Named in honour of the much-loved Queen, 'Victoria' Plum is the UK's favourite plum variety by a mile and deservedly so! The delicious fruits are ready to pick year late in the summer and taste simply mouth-watering when eaten straight from the tree. With the remaining fruit you can make jams and preserves and of course, eat them stewed with custard!
Having been discovered in Alderton, Sussex in 1844 and grown and enjoyed by gardeners every year since, 'Victoria' really has stood the test of time - undoubtedly because of its sublime flavour and productivity - a fully established tree of this 'self-fertile' variety will produce up to 100lbs of fruit in a bumper season!
Supplied on a 'dwarfing' rootstock. Fruits are ready to pick each July and taste simply mouth-watering straight from the tree. A fully established tree of this self-fertile variety will produce up to 100lbs of fruit in a bumper season!
Supplied as a bare root dormant tree on a dwarfing rootstock, approx. 1.2m tall, to plant straight out from November until May, reaching a height and spread of 2.5-3m tall. With light pruning height will be maintained at 2.25m.
I just had to tell you that I bought a Victoria plum tree and a sweet cherry tree earlier in the year. Both arrived in wonderful condition, spent some time in a bucket having a good drink as recommended, then planted. I was fascinated to see blossom appear on both trees. Considering they were young dwarf stock I hardly expected to see that. I expected they would spend their first few years putting down roots.
I have just eaten the first plum of 6 my little tree produced. Oh my, what flavour, what sweetness! It truly stopped me in my tracks.
Anyway I thought I just had to tell you what joy my little tree has brought.
Thank you. A very satisfied customer!
Julie, Warwickshire, September 2016
What Is Supplied
Item 300002 supplied as:
Supplied as a 1.2m tall, grower quality, multi-branched 'bare root' tree. Grown on semi dwarfing root stock. Will grow to approx. 2m (6-7 ft) in 10 years. Fully winter hardy. Self fertile.
Item 300025 supplied as:
Supplied as an established plant in a 5L pot, approx. 80-100cm tall, grown on a dwarfing rootstock.
Height after 10 years: 6-7ft / 2-2.3m tall.
Plant Information
Top Tips
- Add Rootgrow Mycorrhizal Fungi to give your plants a head start and establish more quickly.
Care Guide
Apply a slow-release fertiliser such as blood, fish and bone in early spring, and mulch to retain moisture.
For the biggest, juiciest plums, thin the fruits in May by removing some of the smaller, immature fruits. Then in July, while the plums are still hard, remove any that are damaged or diseased or touching others.
Water regularly, and don't let the soil dry out if planted in pots.
Hang wasp traps in trees and harvest crops as soon as they ripen. Avoid leaving windfalls or over-ripe fruit on the ground.
Prune trees in late in July when they're in full growth. For young trees, take back the new upright growth by about a third. For older, mature trees, remove any dead, diseased or dying branches and then prune the older branches hard to promote productivity, aiming for an overall goblet shape.
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Fully Grown Plant dimensions (approx)
250cm
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Excellent products, packaged well.
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Neighbours have one bought from garden bargains, has lovely fruit
Review Submitted: 24/06/2023 - 13:45:31
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Good choice of goods and special offers. The quality of plants on arrival are brilliant.
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The bare roots were well preserved in cling film for travelling and I'm looking forward to watching the tree grow and produce fruit in the coming years.
Review Submitted: 18/05/2023 - 20:52:36
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Staff were helpful and dealt with my concerns. I received a replacement within days.
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Tree had only 3 branches covering 180 degrees. No branches on other side. I don't know if that is usual.
Review Submitted: 17/01/2023 - 11:17:42
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Excellent customer service. Immediate replacement if anything goes wrong
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Excellent quality with first class after sales advice
Review Submitted: 04/06/2022 - 07:33:52
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Tree order was delivered on time , the bramley apple was fine and is starting to grow but the victoria plum tree was a dead stick to start with and still is
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Victoria plumb tree is dead
Review Submitted: 31/05/2022 - 15:34:53
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Quick service and a good price.
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Nice stock,very fresh,good information.
Review Submitted: 02/05/2022 - 19:11:58
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Trees were smaller than expected and took a long time to arrive.
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Not anything special for price.
Review Submitted: 11/04/2022 - 11:12:28
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excellent customer service, fast delivery. Items arrived in good condition. Thank You
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Arrived in good condition, but will have to wait a few months to see if it grows ok.
Review Submitted: 28/12/2021 - 11:48:32
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Excellent
Review Submitted: 23/03/2020 - 15:00:00
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The quality was poor, a stick with no branches, at 20+ pounds horrified. 1000% better quality from Aldi or Liddell.
The replacement was the same, a few stupa as branches, these were all broken. Customer service were good just poor quality of product, won't be trying again as over priced and poor products used so far
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My thoughts above horified at quality and price
Review Submitted: 23/03/2020 - 22:24:12
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It is a very good service and helpful
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Can?t wait for next year to see how it comes on
Review Submitted: 04/11/2019 - 11:39:23
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Arrived in good condition
Review Submitted: 27/11/2018 - 17:39:36
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Item arrived so broken in its box that I needed to order a new one.
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Item arrived so broken in its box that I needed to order a new one.
Review Submitted: 26/11/2018 - 13:12:21
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Remarkable
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4 star service at its best.
Review Submitted: 19/11/2018 - 19:14:16
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I have always found ' Garden Bargains ' to be an efficient company with sound products. I would prefer a simpler discount system.
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See above
Review Submitted: 19/06/2018 - 15:59:44
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Arrived in good condition and well packaged so that the plant was not "knocked about".
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Planted out last week and is already thriving.
Review Submitted: 15/06/2018 - 15:48:07
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Mix up on orders but got in the end Thanks
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Good buy ,plants leafing up cant wait to start picking Thank you
Review Submitted: 06/06/2018 - 14:29:11
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Perfect and not for the first time, will be back!
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Perfect and not for the first time, will be back!
Review Submitted: 20/05/2018 - 18:04:22
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all plants turned up in good order
Review Submitted: 14/02/2018 - 20:37:41
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Excellent service.
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Excellent product.
Review Submitted: 26/12/2017 - 08:02:21
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east to order.
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arrived in good condition and are now planted in the garden.
Review Submitted: 15/11/2017 - 20:06:22
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Not happy with what I found had been delivered, not had the usual quick response/quality/resolving C.S. which means unhappy customer.
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Plum Victoria? bare root. Cannot confirm the tree as no label anywhere, either on the tree or in the box and is dormant etc., If it turns out to be Plum Victoria not a good specimen and certainly not the usual quality I have received.
Review Submitted: 05/05/2017 - 12:34:45
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Very quick service.
Review Submitted: 28/04/2017 - 05:30:39
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great5
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great
Review Submitted: 31/03/2017 - 07:51:17
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Good quick delivery
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Good looking tree now planted in garden
Review Submitted: 13/03/2017 - 09:06:01
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Very good service
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Reliable and good products,
Review Submitted: 27/01/2017 - 07:38:24
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Everything as promised
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Looking good on delivery we'll see when they start to grow
Review Submitted: 26/01/2017 - 15:45:53
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Got what I ordered when I expected it. Was well packed.
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Received my Victoria plum trees bare root. They are dormant just now but they have lots of good roots so I am hoping they will grow well when the time comes. I will keep you informed.
Review Submitted: 13/12/2016 - 21:44:34
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Excellent price a real bargain
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The plum trees arrived in great condition. lovely trees
Review Submitted: 13/12/2016 - 15:11:14
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arrived 5 days late
Review Submitted: 12/12/2016 - 10:05:38
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Very prompt delivery service
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Very pleased
Review Submitted: 09/12/2016 - 13:47:23
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very good company and fast service.
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Very healthy trees.
Review Submitted: 08/12/2016 - 10:18:18
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Waiting for Spring for an excellent rating.
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Waiting for Spring for an excellent rating.
Review Submitted: 26/11/2016 - 14:54:47
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WHY ?
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WHY?
Review Submitted: 21/11/2016 - 07:20:50
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fast delivery, easy to contact when a problem occurred. good service
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yet to see how this replacement grows but looks a good healthy tree
Review Submitted: 16/11/2016 - 10:05:31
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Arrived in good time. Well packed and a good price
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Seems good. Will buy more plants early next year .
Review Submitted: 16/11/2016 - 21:36:15
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Trees arrived within promised delivery timeframe
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Victoria Tree did not survive
Review Submitted: 20/06/2016 - 10:36:45
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Service good no problems, trees and plants arrived in good order.
Delivery fast, once again thankyou..!
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Very happy came well packed
Review Submitted: 17/05/2016 - 22:18:53
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Excellent service many thanks
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Excellent service thank you
Review Submitted: 19/04/2016 - 12:50:34
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great bargains, great service, very helpful
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same comment as above, very happy
Review Submitted: 15/04/2016 - 19:52:40
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arrived in the time stated
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as above
Review Submitted: 05/04/2016 - 16:41:43
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Good service no problem
Review Submitted: 22/03/2016 - 13:42:10
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Very pleased with the service, good delivery time
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Very pleased with the products they arrived as stated by the company.
Review Submitted: 22/03/2016 - 10:23:55