Willingham

Willingham plum trees for sale

• 1-year maiden bare-root tree 33.45€
  St. Julien rootstock
  Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
  

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How to grow

Willingham is a traditional English Green Gage, and considered by enthusiasts as the finest of all plums that can be grown in the UK.

It has the classic sweet melon-like flavour which marks out the green gages as distinct from regular plums (although nowadays plums and gages are categorised as the same species - Prunus domestica).

It is almost certainly a seedling of Old Green Gage, and therefore a sibling of Cambridge Gage - in fact they are hard to tell apart, but all possess first-rate flavours.

History

Willingham is partially self-fertile, like Cambridge Gage and Old Green Gage, and in a good spring can set a full crop. However as with all gages a pollination partner (of a different variety) is useful to improve cropping.

Willingham characteristics

• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Pollinating othersAverage
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Picking seasonLate
• CroppingGood
• Keeping1-3 days
• Useful forEating fresh
• Climate typeTemperate climatesMild damp climatesWarm climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1800 - 1849
• Flower colourWhite
• Fruit colourGreen - light
• Fruit sizeAverage