Greengage ‘Reine-Claude Violette’

Reliable, heavy cropping gage that has been commended by the RHS for having an excellent old-fashioned flavour and more reliable crops. Single, cup-shaped white flowers appear in late spring, followed by yellow-green fruit with a superb, juicy flavour, which are ready for picking in mid August. A good, vigorous grower that does set some fruit without a pollinator, as it is partially self-fertile, though like all greengages it can be pollinated by plums or damsons of the same or adjacent pollinating groups. This bush has been grafted onto St Julien A rootstock, which produces a robust semi-vigorous plant. Greengages will generally start to produce fruit when they are 3 – 4 years old, so you may need to wait a year or two before you enjoy the harvest.

Pollination information: Although partially self-fertile, this gage will have a higher yield when planted with another nearby in pollination group 3, such as ‘Oullins Gage’.