Marjorie's Seedling

Prunus domestica

Marjorie's Seedling is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators

Marjorie Seedling is widely available in UK supermarkets and is the main late-season commercial European plum. It is excellent for culinary purposes, and very good for eating fresh when fully ripe.

It is attractive to commercial growers because it is vigorous, hardy, disease resistant, and a reliable and heavy cropper. These qualities mean it is also ideal for the garden or small orchard - and by growing your own you can also get a far better flavor than is possible for the commercial grower - the trick is to leave the plums on the tree longer. And if you like fresh plums, there are not many other ones around this late in the season.

The fruit is large, plum-shaped, and purple, becoming blue-black when fully ripe, with a heavy bloom - overall very attractive. The flesh is greenish-yellow, juicy, quite coarse, and noticeably veined with a good strong plum taste. The stone is clinging.

For eating fresh make sure you leave the fruit on the tree as long as possible to get the best flavor - very pleasant straight from the tree on a cold autumn morning!

Marjorie's Seedling plum trees for sale

RF12-year bare-root tree on VVA-1 rootstock£49.75
Mature height: 2m-3.5m after 10 years
Will become a medium-sized bush-trained semi-dwarf fruit tree, will require permanent staking, but won't need much space
Available next season
RF21-year bare-root tree on St. Julien rootstock£38.75
Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
Can be trained on as a large bush-trained tree or a half-standard tree, no staking required once estalished. Also suitable as a large fan-trained tree.
Available next season
RF32-year bare-root tree on St. Julien rootstock£47.50
Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
Will become a large vase-shaped fruit tree, no staking required once established.
Available next season
RF42-year half-standard bare-root tree on St. Julien rootstock£51.00
Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
Can be trained on as a large free-standing half-standard tree.
Available next season
RF51-year bare-root tree on Brompton rootstock£41.25
Mature height: 5m-7m after 10 years
Can be trained on as a 'standard' fruit tree, no staking required, suitable for a traditional plum orchard.
Available next season

Growing and Training

Marjorie's Seedling flowers relatively late in the spring, so is a good choice for areas where frost is a problem, or for an east-facing situation. It is vigorous, hardy, highly disease resistant, easy to grow, and relatively untroubled by disease.

Recommended pollinators for Marjorie's Seedling plum trees

Marjorie's Seedling is self-fertile, so you do not need another variety to pollinate it to produce fruit. However you are likely to get a better crop if you plant any of the following pollinator varieties nearby. If you are not sure about pollination requirements don't hesitate to ask us. More pollinators >