Home orchard favorite: large, heart-shaped fruit with sweet, juicy, richly flavored, firm red flesh. Dark reddish-purple mottled skin. Long harvest season - September in Central CA. Hardy, heavy bearing tree. 500 hours or less.
Elephant Heart Plum
Elephant Heart Plum
- Estimated Chilling Requirement
500 or fewer hours below 45°F - USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
5 - 9 - Pollination
Pollenize with Beauty or Santa Rosa.
- Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)
late - Harvest Season within fruit type
late - Harvest Dates
August 30 to September 30(approximate for Hickman, CA)
-WHERE TO BUY-
HOME GARDEN/RETAIL NURSERY CATALOG
WHILE DWARFING ROOTSTOCKS HAVE IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES, ROOTSTOCKS SHOULD BE SELECTED PRIMARILY FOR ADAPTABILITY TO THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE PLANTING SITE. For the 2019-20 planting season, Elephant Heart is offered on the following rootstock(s) (listed in order of quantity in production, largest quantity first):
Citation (semi-dwarf, 3/4 of standard size)
Myro 29C (standard)
St. Julian (semi-dwf, 3/4 of standard size)
