A heart-shaped plum! 🖤
The Lee Red Plum is a hardy Alberta plum bred by the late Lloyd Lee of Barrhead, AB. These very tasty purplish-red coloured plums are extremely juicy and sweet with a wonderful plum flavour.
Great for fresh eating, these are the first plums we eat in the season ready to harvest by early August in most years. Orange fleshed and clingstone, plums average 4 cm (1 1/2") in size.
Hardiness Zone: 2
Height at Maturity: 4 meters (13 feet)
Spread: 3 meters (10 feet)
Soil Preference: Well drained
Light Exposure: Full sun
Pollination: Self-sterile (Needs a pollinator)
Latin Name: Prunus salicina 'Lee Red'