Blau de Belgique European Plum

Also called Belgium Purple, as it was developed in Belgium in 1850, Blue de Belgique is a French culinary favorite. This medium size roundish purple plum with sweet, firm golden flesh is nearly freestone. It is heavily productive and ripens in mid season. It needs a pollinizer and blooms between Bavay Gage, Coe's Golden Drop and Victoria plums. A favorite cultivar of the Bullock brothers on Orcas Island in western Washington.

USDA Zone: 5-9

Grow Height:  12' 

Sun: Full Sun

Ripening Time: September

Pollination: Needs a Pollinizer

Rootstock: St. Julian A

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