Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Prunus maritima, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
We should get a good crop of beach plums for jelly this year as the temperature has been warm enough for the bees to pollinate them this year. DH put up 70 plus jars last year from this tree and a couple of small wild ones on the property, but zero in 2005 as we had a nor'easter the week that they bloomed and we had no bees. We planted this one in the 80's. I have 4 more coming along from chance seedlings that may be big enough to fruit this year. Plus we have some native ones on the property. I would love to find what we we call a sugar plum, which is a beach plum that produces a yellow fruit. I have found a few in the moors growing wild among the regular Prunus maritima, but never one for sale. Patti