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Sprout’s Sunshine Plum
Sprout’s Sunshine Plum
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Sprout’s Sunshine is an Alberta plum selected from an open pollinated seedling at Sprout Farms in Bon Accord. Its yellow green fruit has firm yellow flesh with a sweet tart flavour, and the stone is partly free from the flesh. Published fruit size is about 1.2 to 1.6 inches.
The firm fruit is useful for baking as well as fresh eating and is generally listed for late August harvest. It is not self fertile, and an American or Canada plum is recommended for pollination.
Our fall trees are grafted on Cherry Plum (Prunus 'Jeffchum') rootstock.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 2
Botanical name: Prunus
Rootstock: Cherry Plum (Prunus 'Jeffchum')
Pollination: Requires an American or Canada plum.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 2
- Fruit
- Yellow green plums about 1.2 to 1.6 in acrossFirm yellow flesh. The stone is partly free
- Flavour
- Sweet and tartFirm enough for baking as well as fresh eating
- Rootstock
- Grafted on cherry plum rootstockPrunus 'Jeffchum'
- Site and soil
- Full sun and soil that drains wellAvoid low spots where frost settles
Ripening
Late August
As generally listed in Alberta. Manitoba timing may differ
More about this plant
An Alberta seedling
Sprout's Sunshine was selected from an open pollinated seedling at Sprout Farms in Bon Accord, Alberta.
Cold hardinessZone 2 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 2 and warmer
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 – CanadaPollination
Sprout's Sunshine is not self fertile. An American or Canada plum nearby is the recommended partner.
| Plant alongside | What we know |
|---|---|
| Canada Plum Wild Seedlings | A Canada plum, the recommended kind of partner. |
| Canada Plum Seedlings | A Canada plum, the recommended kind of partner. |