Plums

[APurpleSquirrel]

I picked up two reduced plum trees from a local garden centre - one is Aprimira & other is Hauszwetsche.

Anyone had any experience with these varieties before? Any advice?

Aprimira is a hybrid between an apricot and a mirabelle. It’s self-fertile. Sounds interesting, I must see how it grows in the north.

Hauszwetsche is a prune type plum, purple fruit for eating or cooking, also self fertile. I presume its name means “house prune”. RHS says it needs a sheltered spot as its blossom is susceptible to damage.

Sounds like you had a lucky find! Sorry, no experience of either, not heard of either so had to look them up and thought I’d share. You’ve probably read the same websites as me

Thanks - yes, that's mostly what I read. I'm hoping the Aprimira is a good eating fruit & the Hauszwetsche is good for making crumbles etc.
Technically our garden is north-facing but the end of it is south facing & reasonably sheltered. We already have a cherry (Stella) & don't seem to have any issue with the blossom (just birds eating all the cherries!) so hoping both will do ok.
Was really surprised as they were reduced to £10 - they had more varieties too, but they looked like they'd become much bigger trees, & we don't have room for another tree planted in the garden.