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Rumyanaya Zorka hybrid plum trees

Prunus cerasifera
  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile

Rumyanaya Zorka is a modern cold-hardy plum. The medium-sized fruits are a very pretty dark pink / crimson colour when ripe, with a yellow flesh.

It has a good reputation for being cold-hardy and tolerant of difficult spring weather, and capable of producing heavy crops.

It is also quite precocious and should start fruiting in the 3rd year after planting if using a semi-vigorous rootstock.

This variety is partially self-fertile. It will usually set a good crop on its own, but cropping may be improved if planted near to other Siberian plums, Myrobalan plums, cherry plums, or Japanese plums.

Bio / Organic fruit trees

Rumyanaya Zorka organic hybrid plum trees for sale

  • 11 yeartree on St. Julien A rootstock29.75€
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
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  • 21 yeartree on Adaptabil rootstock31.00€
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  • 31 yeartree on Myrobalan rootstock29.75€
    Very large tree (5m-6m+ after 10 years) Bare-root
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History

Rumyanaya Zorka was developed at Nikita Botanical Gardens in Ukraine. It is a Myrobalan plum, developed from several varieties of Prunus cerasifera.


Rumyanaya Zorka characteristics

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilityPartially self-fertile
  • Flowering group1
  • Disease resistanceGood
  • Picking periodlate Julyearly August
  • Picking seasonMid
  • Food usesEating freshDual purpose
  • Cling-stoneSemi-freestone
  • USDA cold hardyZone 4 (-34C)
  • Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)Cold (< 20C / 67F)
  • Country of originUkraine
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Flower colourWhite
  • Flesh colourGolden / Yellow
  • Fruit colourCrimsonPinkPurple - lightRed - dark

More about hybrid plum trees

Hybrid or inter-specific plums make an interesting addition to the home orchard. The European plum (Prunus domestica) and Japanese plum (Prunus salicina) are perhaps the best known of the fruiting plum species, but there are many others, and numerous natural hybrids between these species. Man-made plum hybrids have been popular since the 1960s and typically aim to marry the productivity and flavours of European and Japanese plums with the rustic qualities of other species. The Siberian plum (Prunus ussriensis) for example can bring excellent cold-hardiness to a hybrid variety.


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