Pluots & interspecifics · Dave Wilson Nursery

Flavor King Pluot

Prunus salicina × Prunus armeniaca ‘Flavor King’

A richly flavored plum–apricot hybrid best where sufficient winter chill and a compatible Japanese plum pollinizer are available.

Chill hours: About 400 hours
Harvest: Midsummer
Pollination: Requires a compatible Japanese plum or pluot with overlapping bloom
Mature size: Usually 10–20 ft with annual pruning; rootstock determines ultimate size

Our pick for most gardens

1/2 inch caliper

The everyday choice. Enough trunk to stand on its own, young enough to settle in quickly and fruit on schedule.

$29

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Where this tree sits

The seven layers of a food forest

Lower canopy

Fruit trees kept below the tall ones. Most of this year's programme lives here, held to eight or ten feet by summer pruning.

Pluots & interspecifics sit in this layer.