More on the Black Doris Plum

Several years ago I did a post about my disappointment with a Black Doris plum tree I'd put in (read here). It had been in this spot for about 7 or 8 years, but had done absolutely nothing, barely growing a few inches in the whole time it was there and never fruiting at all. It was obviously in the wrong place, so I eventually dug it out and replaced it with an Apple tree.

At the time, I decided to give it one last chance to redeem itself by planting it somewhere else in the garden. My options were limited and the only place I could find was a more shady position towards the bottom of the gully, a short distance from the other plum which is its pollenator. Even so, I didn't hold out much hope for it ever doing anything spectacular.

So I planted it in this garden and basically forgot about it.

To my surprise it started showing signs of growth within a season or 2, however I was still sceptical about it doing much else.

 

So, you can imagine my joy over the last couple of seasons seeing it blossom and finally beginning to bear fruit.

It seems my perseverance has paid off. In total it's taken about 12 years to get it to this point. I'm rather glad I didn't give up on it like I was very tempted to do when it didn't grow very well in its first location.