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Damson 'Shropshire Prune'

Various Pack Sizes

FROM £44.99

Old variety dating back to 1600's.
Perfect for jams and wine making.
Exceptionally hardy and reliable.

1 Bare Root Tree (Organic - St Julien Rootstock)

Despatch By The End Of January 2025

KF6142

£44.99

1 x 13 Litre Potted Tree (St Julien A Rootstock)

Despatch By The End Of May 2025

KB2319

£84.99

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Damson ‘Shropshire Prune’ goes way back to the 17th century with its history, still providing modern growers a rewarding addition to gardens and edible allotment spaces. Harvest the blue-black fruits in late September, to enjoy their fresh and sharp taste eaten straight from the tree. Alternatively through cooking, the sharpness dulls down bringing out a rich, plum flavour. Ideal for making jams, wines and pies, the variety of Damson is hardy and very resilient, perfect for UK growing. Self-fertile, it does not need a pollinating partner to produce bumper crops every year. Plum rootstocks: VVA1 - Semi dwarf reaching a mature height of up to 2.5m (8'). St. Julien - Semi vigorous reaching a mature height of up to 4.5m (14'). This variety is self-fertile and does not require a pollination partner. Estimated time to cropping once planted: 2 years. Estimated time to best yields: 4 years.

Growing Information

Plant plum trees in any well drained soil in a sheltered, sunny position. Prior to planting, incorporate plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost into the planting hole and drive the stake into the ground to support the tree. Staking after planting may result in damage to the root ball. Plant fruit trees at their original soil level and firm them into the ground. Fasten the tree to the stake using a tree tie, and water well.

Flowering Period

Harvesting Period

Order Despatch

Orders are despatched promptly by post or parcel carrier. Seasonal items such as plants are sent separately with the estimated delivery times stated against each variety both in our catalogue and on our website.

Please note that when several items are ordered they may not all be delivered at the same time.

Delivery Charge

Standard Charge

Packet seed only will incur a carriage charge of £2.99.

All other products incur a carriage charge of £6.99.

If your order comprises of a combination of carriage charges then a combined carriage charge of £7.99 will be applied.

Live Plants

Suttons strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.

Non Standard Deliveries

Unfortunately like many companies in our industry we are currently only able to supply orders to UK based customers, excluding those in Northern Ireland. We are committed to finding a way that we can resume or normal services again as soon as possible. Please accept our apologies for any inconvience caused.

Prices include VAT where applicable.

We reserve the right to contact you and advise an additional charge where necessary and are happy to quote for carriage of specific products to more remote areas. Some items may not be available to all areas.

We reserve the right to revise any carriage charges in the event of carrier price increase or other unforeseen circumstances. We will always advise of the carriage charge before payment is taken.

All Suttons products should reach you in perfect condition, just as they left us. If you are dissatisfied in any way with their condition on arrival, please let us know within 14 days. We are only liable for the cost of the goods as quoted on the website plus the cost of delivery if the goods are faulty.

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