Beauty Plum
Beauty plum is a sweet, flavorful plum that is more widely adapted than Santa Rosa plum (it’s more productive in cool, rainy climates). Fruits have red over yellow skin covering amber flesh that is streaked red. Ripens a week or more before Santa Rosa plum. Beautiful white blooms in late winter-early spring.
Beauty Details | |
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Flavor | Juicy, Sweet |
Chill Hours | < 250 below 45° F |
Skin Color When Ripe | Bright red over yellow |
Fruit Use | Fresh or Cooked |
Self-Fruitful | Yes |
Flower Season | Late Winter to Early Spring |
Fruit Season | June |
Light Needs | Full Sun |
Water Needs | Regular Water |
USDA Zone | 6 – 10 |