Oak Summit Nursery

Black Ice Plum Tree

Name: Black Ice Plum Tree
Brand: Oak Summit Nursery
SKU: F26-8861738303646-d33257c2
Price: 44.0 CAD
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Size

4" pot

Large plug

Rootstock

Cherry Plum (Prunus 'Jeffchum')

Own root

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Black Ice is a cold hardy Wisconsin plum with Western Sand Cherry ancestry. It produces large, deep purple fruit with a blue bloom and vibrant red flesh. At Oak Summit Nursery, fruit on young grafts ripened in the second half of August, one to two weeks before local wild plums and earlier than Toka. The fruit is sweet and juicy with a gentle tart edge.

Choose an own root plant in a large plug or a grafted tree in a 4-inch pot. The grafted trees use Cherry Plum (Prunus 'Jeffchum') rootstock.

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Growing details

Hardiness: Zone 3
Fruit: Large, deep purple plums with a blue bloom and vivid red fleshSweet and juicy with a gentle tart edge
Mature size: Up to about 10 ft tallNaturally compact
Roots: On its own roots as a large plug, or grafted as a 4 in potGrafted trees are on cherry plum rootstock
Site and soil: Full sun and soil that drains wellAvoid low spots where frost settles

Ripening

Second half of August

On young grafts at our nursery. One to two weeks before the local wild plums, and earlier than Toka

More about this plant

From Wisconsin

Black Ice is a cold hardy Wisconsin plum with western sand cherry in its ancestry.

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Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant

Canadian climate map with provinces outlined; highlighted minimum zone: 3 — Cold hardiness · Zone 3

The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.

About these maps

Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.

Open Government Licence – Canada

Pollination

Black Ice needs a different plum nearby to set fruit. University of Minnesota Extension lists Toka, American plum and Canada plum as pollen sources for it. Black Ice makes little or no pollen itself, so do not count on it to pollinate other plums.

Plant alongside	Pollination requirement
Toka Plum Tree	Listed by University of Minnesota Extension as a pollen source for Black Ice.
Canada Plum Wild Seedlings	Listed by University of Minnesota Extension as a pollen source for Black Ice.
American Wild Plum	Listed by University of Minnesota Extension as a pollen source for Black Ice.

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