Elephant Heart
Prunus domestica
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Description
Elephant Heart is a cultivar of plum. A delicious large plum with heart shaped fruit that is coloured a deep purple-red both inside and out. The free-stone fruit ripens about February. Surplus fruit will freeze or bottle well. Pollinate with Santa Rosa or Sultan. Protect from late spring frosts. Deciduous. Matures to around 5 m tall by 3 m wide.
Characteristics
Fruit Size
Large
Skin Colour
Red
Flesh Colour
Not recorded
Stone Type
Freestone
Harvest Timing (NZ)
Mid
Chill Requirement
Not recorded
Self Fertile
Notes
Habit: Tree Multi Branched. A delicious large plum with heart shaped fruit that is coloured a deep purple-red both inside and out. The free-stone fruit ripens about February. Surplus fruit will freeze or bottle well. Pollinate with Santa Rosa or Sultan. Protect from late spring frosts. Deciduous.
Fruit Use
Multi-purpose
Country Availability
Known to be available in 1 country