Prunus domestica 'JOJO'® moyer plum - early, self-fertile, resistant
size/type
medium-sized shrub,medium-sized shrub
usual height
3-6m
usual width
2-3m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
blooming time
April
location
full sun
USDA zone (lowest)
5 (down to -29°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Jojo® is the world's first ever plum tree variety fully resistant (not just tolerant) to PPV (plum pox virus). It is a German cross between highly popular, early variety called Stanley, and German variety Ortenauer which brought genes responsible for its health. The fruit is very good. It is medium large to large, oval, dark violet blue, highly aromatic and sweet. It is excellent fresh as well as canned, high sugar content makes Jojo ideal for drying.It blooms late in the spring and is fully self-fertile. The fruit ripens from late August until mid September.
Plum trees like fertile, well-drained, moderately moist but never wet soil. On dry summers watering is essential during the fruit formation. They are taller than for example peach trees but can easily be kept smaller by pruning in spring, best done after flowering. Reduce long shoots by a third and remove all thin and weak branches. Still, when a strong and symmetrical crown has developed, trees are best left to their own devices. It is fully hardy to min. -29°C (USDA zone 5), usually a little more than that.
Last update 13-03-2018
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
