Sunlight
Full sun is essential — stone fruit need at least 6–8 hours of direct sunlight daily. A warm, sheltered north-facing position is ideal. Good air circulation reduces fungal disease pressure.
Medium Chilling
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Plum Tree - Souvenir
Prunus salicina 'Souvenir'
R380.00
Medium Chilling — Needs Pollinator!
- The only self-pollinating variety in the range — ideal if you have space for just one plum tree.
Souvenir is a medium chilling plum with a medium to large, attractive red-purple skinned plum with good flavour and eating quality. self-pollinating — an excellent choice if planting only one plum tree. The only self-pollinating variety in the range — ideal if you have space for just one plum tree.
Needs a cross-pollinating partner for best results.
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Souvenir Plum Tree for Sale
Souvenir is a medium chilling plum variety that produces a medium to large, attractive red-purple skinned plum with good flavour and eating quality. self-pollinating — an excellent choice if planting only one plum tree. The only self-pollinating variety in the range — ideal if you have space for just one plum tree.
Plums are one of South Africa's most productive and rewarding stone fruit trees — faster into bearing than apples and pears, generous in production and producing fruit with excellent eating, cooking, jamming and preserving qualities. Like all stone fruit, they need cold winters, full sun and well-drained soil to thrive.
Souvenir requires a cross-pollinating plum variety nearby to set fruit. Plant with one or more other plum varieties (Laetitia, Purple Majesty, Songold or Souvenir) for reliable cropping.
Prune hard in winter every year, feed in spring, and thin fruit when marble-sized for best results. Grafted trees begin bearing within 2–3 years of planting.
Appearance
A medium to large, attractive red-purple skinned plum with good flavour and eating quality. Self-pollinating — an excellent choice if planting only one plum tree.
Harvest Time
Plums ripen from November to February depending on variety and season.
Year to Bear
Grafted trees typically begin bearing fruit within 2–3 years of planting.
Growth Rate
Moderate growing deciduous tree reaching approximately 3–5m. Annual hard winter pruning essential. Beautiful white spring blossom.
Container Friendly?
Not recommended for long-term container growing — stone fruit are vigorous trees that perform best planted in the ground where their root systems can develop fully.
Watering
Water consistently during the growing season. Deep, infrequent watering is better than frequent shallow irrigation. Reduce watering as the fruit approaches harvest to concentrate sugars. Do not water during winter dormancy unless the soil is very dry.
Temperature
Deciduous and frost-hardy. Medium Chilling requirement. Suited to Highveld, Eastern Cape highlands and Western Cape interior areas with sufficient winter cold.
Chilling
Medium Chilling requirement. Suited to Highveld Gauteng, the Eastern Cape highlands and the Western Cape interior.
Pollination Info
Souvenir requires a cross-pollinating plum variety nearby to set fruit. Plant with one or more other plum varieties (Laetitia, Purple Majesty, Songold or Souvenir) for reliable cropping.
Planting & Care Guide
Plant in well-drained, loamy soil in full sun. Stone fruit dislike waterlogged roots and will decline rapidly in poorly drained conditions.
Prune hard every year in late winter (June–July) while dormant. Hard annual pruning is the single most important maintenance step — it controls tree size, promotes vigorous new fruiting wood and prevents the tree from becoming overgrown and unproductive.
Feed with a balanced fertiliser in early spring as new growth emerges. A second application of high-potassium fertiliser after fruit set improves fruit size and sugar content. Avoid over-fertilising with nitrogen, which encourages excessive leafy growth.
Thin fruit to a single fruit every 15–20cm along each branch when fruit is marble-sized. Thinning dramatically improves fruit size and quality and prevents branch breakage under heavy crops.
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