Santa Rosa Plum Tree

Santa Rosa Plum trees are self-pollinating. These fruit trees are self-pollinating and make for spectacular standalone trees for a small garden or landscape. However, just because these trees can stand alone does not mean they have to. These trees are excellent pollinator trees for other un-self-fruitful trees, like Cherry Plum trees, for example. You can grow a stunning amateur orchard with the help of these fruit trees with the proper care and growing conditions.

Santa Rosa Plum trees are one of the most popular plum trees for various reasons. These fruit trees are hardy across a range of hardiness zones, from New York to Florida or Michigan to Texas. A huge reason why these trees are so popular is that they are self-pollinating and do not require a companion tree to produce fruit. If you care for and prune your fruit tree, you will find Santa Rosa produces the most bang for your buck. These trees take up little space and can be kept at a manageable height while producing large crops each year. Well-kept trees can even produce two bushels of fruit a year if they receive the proper fertilization and pruning year after year.

Santa Rosa Plum trees do produce fruit on new wood. You must prune your tree each year for maximum fruit production. To do so, prune the upper sections of your branches each year. We recommend that you prune your tree after its flowering and fruiting season. Typically this will be right as your tree goes into dormancy. Doing so will remove the previous year's growth and make room for new wood that will produce a new growing season of fruit and flowers.