Gracious Plum Rootstock/Size:Native Plum Semi-Dwarf: 2-4 ft.

Gracious Plum Rootstock/Size:Native Plum Semi-Dwarf: 2-4 ft.Overview Gracious Plum is a hardy AsianAmerican hybrid plum. It belongs in the category of hybrid plums bred and selected to combine improved fruit quality with reliable survival in very cold, continental climates where many standard plums struggle. Origin & History Gracious Plum (originally labeled Mandan 41 15) was selected in 1957 at the Northern Great Plains Field Station in Mandan, North Dakota as part of cold climate plum breeding work. It is an

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Purvis lists this as a zone 3b

Swiss Gourmet have moderate vigor and productivity with a tendency to bear fruit at a young age

Jerusalem Artichoke is one of those things that one should grow because they are prolific

subacid profile

Its purpose from the outset was reliable performance in cold

It rivals (and possibly exceeds) the hardiness of other known cold-climate champions:

Likely hardy to about -40°F

but our experience growing it in Montana is that it is more so a semi-dwarf

If planted on the lower end of this spectrum

the Fruit Growers Association brought hardy apricot seedlings from Russia into the region

making them suitable for colder climates