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Genus Prunus can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs with showy flowers in spring, and often good autumn foliage colour. Some have edible fruit in autumn, and a few species have ornamental bark Details 'Prune Damson' is a vigorous, but neat growing, cultivar that has larger fruits than 'Farleigh Damson'. A regular and good cropper with a picking time of late August. see more; Family Rosaceae. Genus Prunus can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs with showy flowers in spring, and often good autumn foliage colour.

Some have edible fruit in autumn, and a few species have ornamental bark Details 'Merryweather Damson' is a vigorous, spreading tree with relatively large, blue-black fruits that can be used fresh when fully ripe in late summer, though are. The pruning of a newly planted tree is the same as for apples and pears.

Remember: carry out in April not winter to avoid silver leaf disease. After the initial pruning, follow these steps: During the first summer: Prune in the third week of July when the young shoots have finished growing. Remove a pruning damson trees rhs central leader if the tree formed one, pruning above the topmost a wider-angled side branch.

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Bought trees may come with the replacement leader that needs to be pruned out. In the third spring continue developing a well-spaced framework as described above. In the fourth year switch to summer pruning, as for established trees. Stone fruits like the plums should be pruned in the summer because they are prone to a disease called Silver Leaf which enters through cuts.

If you prune in late summer, the sap is slowing but is still running fast enoughenough to seal up any wounds. Check and. Plums, gages and damsons are closely related. Plums are large, usually soft-fleshed – perfect for eating or cooking (depending on the cultivar).

Gages are small, round and sweet, but grow best in a sunny spot. Damsons are especially hardy and have a spicy, tart flavour and are good cooked and jammed.

The most useful cultivars to grow in a. Sep 21, Prune your Damson plum during the dormant stage in late winter or early spring. Shape the tree and remove dead and diseased branches. Also break off any suckers that grow from the roots or trunk of the tree.

In early March apply 1 cup of fertilizer for each year of tree age, up to a maximum of 12 shrubhauling.barg: rhs. Dec 02, Damsons are by naturesmall, scruffy trees that do notneed nor are improved by pruning. So ifyou can, just leave it to mature naturally.

However, if necessary, the Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.