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Santa Rosa Plum Tree

Prunus salicina 'Santa Rosa'

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Planting & Care

Where to Plant

  • Sunlight: Provide at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight daily to ensure fruit sweetness and high yields. While the tree survives in partial shade, you will notice fewer blossoms and a significant decrease in fruit production.
  • Soil: This tree prefers well-drained, loamy soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH. For heavy clay, plant in a raised mound or add organic compost to improve drainage, as "wet feet" or standing water will lead to root rot.

Watering Requirements

During the first two growing seasons, provide 10 to 15 gallons of water per week to help the root system expand. Once established, the Santa Rosa is quite drought-tolerant, but you should still provide deep soakings during heat waves to prevent fruit drop or shriveled plums. Inconsistent moisture during the fruiting stage often causes the skin of the plums to crack as they swell too quickly.

Pruning Tips

Santa Rosa plums fruit on "spurs" located on wood that is two years or older, so avoid removing all older growth. The best time to prune is late winter while the tree is dormant to shape the canopy into an open center, which allows light and air to reach the middle of the tree. This "open bowl" shape prevents fungal diseases and ensures that the fruit in the center of the tree ripens at the same rate as the fruit on the outside.

Fertilizer Needs

Apply a balanced 10-10-10 fertilizer in early spring just as the buds begin to swell to fuel the upcoming growth spurt. Avoid high-nitrogen fertilizers after midsummer because this encourages tender new growth that cannot harden off before the first frost. This late-season growth is easily damaged by winter temperatures and leaves the tree vulnerable to pests in the spring.

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Heat-Tolerant Gorgeous Juicy Fruit - Santa Rosa Plum Tree!

  • Delicious Healthful Fruit
  • Gorgeous Red-Hued Purple Skin
  • Sweet Amber Yellow Flesh
  • Fragrant Pinkish-White Spring Flowers
  • Late Mid-Season
  • Dependable Harvest Year After Year
  • Hardy, Heat-Tolerant
  • Self-Fertile
  • Healthy Versatile Jewels
  • Full Sun!

Treat yourself to in-season Plums in arms reach, when you plant or Santa Rosa Plum Tree (Prunus 'Santa Rosa') in your yard. First introduced right here in the United States by Luther Burbank, in 1906 in Santa Rosa, California!

This variety is a deciduous, fruit-bearing tree that offers a dependable and delicious harvest each year. Plant one where you can readily enjoy its beautiful blossoms and its gorgeous, juicy fruit.

Watch each spring as the Santa Rosa Plum's fabulously fragrant spring blooms, in frilly white flowers with a pink blush, make their way into your landscape. You'll create a visual spectacle that will have the whole neighborhood jealous.

Enjoy the show while you can; by late July or early August, those blossoms will give way to lovely Plums, ripe for the taking. Santa Rosa Japanese Plums are beautiful to behold, with red-hued, purple skin concealing a layer of red blush, then sweet, yellow flesh surrounding the center clingstone pit.

How to Use Santa Rosa Plum Tree

Your Santa Rosa Plum Tree will produce medium-large, slightly firm fruits that are ideal for fresh-eating right off the tree. Slice them for inclusion in a fruit salad, or add them to a fruit snack plate.

These beautiful Plums are also perfect for canning, freezing, cooking, drying, so you can easily preserve some of your bounty for enjoying later on in the year or sharing with others as gifts. Santa Rosa's firm flesh has amazing flavor! It is sweet with a slightly tangy edge, perfect for a wide variety of uses.

Edible landscaping is all the rage, so remember these gorgeous trees serve double duty as both an ornamental flowering tree that just happens to also grow healthful fruit! Plum leaves are lush and also have great fall color. Even the branching is ornate and provides winter interest!

Faster growing and vigorous, these trees are amazingly heat resistant and do great up to USDA growing zones 9, while being cold hardy down to zone 5! A great size for both a front yard accent tree and for easy use in the orchard!

#ProPlantTips For Care

All fruit trees do their best in full sun, at least 6-8 hours of uninterrupted sunlight. This gives you the highest amount of blooms and therefore the most fruit and the best tasting Plums possible.

Needing ample access to moisture, especially during fruit formation, Plums prefer well-drained soils. A generous layer of mulch helps retain soil moisture as well as insulate the root system from heat and chill.

Santa Rosa Plum Tree is a relatively hardy tree, adaptable to a variety of soils and heat tolerant. It's even self-fruitful, so you don't need to have more than one to enjoy a healthy harvest. Santa Rosa only requires about 300-500 chill hours a year to fruit.

However, you will get more fruit production when planted with other Japanese varieties as pollinator partners. Try Methley or Burgundy to amplify your harvest.

Santa Rosa is an old favorite among Plum lovers and still one of the most often grown. A pretty tree, especially during the spring and late summer growing seasons, Santa Rosa a great investment in something that is both useful and beautiful. Order yours today!

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take for Santa Rosa Plum Trees to bear fruit?
  • Nature Hills Nursery sells fruit trees with mature root systems that are already three to four years old, so you’ll enjoy fruit sooner than you would with younger trees! Expect young Plum trees to begin fruiting usually by the 2nd to 4th year after they establish in your landscape.

How big do Santa Rosa Plum trees grow? How fast do Plum trees grow?
  • The Santa Rosa Plum tree can grow to a mature height of 15-25 feet and a mature width of 12-20 feet. Once your Plum tree has been established (after the first year), it can typically add 13-24 inches of new growth per growing season. If your plants are growing less than that in a season, it may be worth your while to check the fertility level.

Where is the best place to plant a Santa Rosa Plum Trees?
  • Plum trees grow best in well-drained, fertile soil in at least 6 hours of full sun per day or more. Provide good air circulation and moderate, yet consistent water in well-drained, fertile soil.

Do You Need 2 Plum Trees to Produce Fruit?
  • The Santa Rosa Plum trees are self fertile, so planting more than one Plum tree that blooms at about the same time, boosts yields on both trees and extends your harvest time! No room? Look into High-Density Planting techniques, or choose a semi-dwarf or dwarf fruit tree.

When Should Santa Rosa Plum Tree be Planted?
  • Bareroot Plum trees can be planted in spring when they are available in your area. Container-grown Plum trees can be very successfully transplanted all throughout the growing season. Check for first and last frost dates for your area with your local County Extension Office.

How Do I Find Santa Rosa Plum Trees for Sale Near Me?
  • Make your life easier and your landscape tastier by shopping for Plum trees at NatureHills.com online fruit tree nursery. You’ll find a massive selection of fruit trees for sale, including many lovely Plum tree varieties! Choose the right tree for your area by first finding your USDA growing zone by entering your zip code in the field above the Plant Highlights section on our product pages. Narrow down your options by plant hardiness zone, sun availability, and size requirements. Place your order, knowing it’s backed by the Nature Hills Nursery product guarantee and protected by Plant Sentry™, which helps ensure regulated plant materials aren’t sent to prohibited areas. Expect to receive your plants at the appropriate planting time for your growing zone when temperatures are safest for those plants that ship in fall, winter, or early spring. Shop the selection of mature Plum trees for sale at Nature Hills Nursery and place your order for Santa Rosa Plum Tree today.
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