Green Gage Plum is a small deciduous fruiting tree with a showy display of fragrant white flowers. The strong crop of very sweet yellow-green fruits with a rich plum-honey flavor ripen in midsummer. Grows best in full sun and rich, moist well-drained soils. Green Gage is self-pollinating.
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Origins: |
China and Indochina |
Height: |
10’ - 20’ |
Spread: |
10’ - 20' |
Spacing: |
15’ |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 9 |
Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
White |
Season of Interest: |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: High Maintenance. Needs regular watering. Plums have a lot of pest and disease issues and may necessary. Potential issues include scales, borers, mites, aphids, leaf spots and rots. Fallen fruit can be messy if not harvested.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Wildlife Garden, Naturalized Areas, Ponds and Streams, Edible Gardens, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Strawberry, Peach, Apple
IMAGES: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, Owoce Renkloda, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Forest & Kim Starr, Starr-130809-2919-Prunus domestica subsp italica-Cv Green Gage habit with Dan-Kula-Maui (25233411726), CC BY 3.0 US
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.


