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Coe's Golden Drop European Plum - Raintree Nursery

Coe's Golden Drop European Plum

$64.99 - $64.99
$64.99
$64.99 - $64.99
$64.99
SKU C060

Prunus domestica 'Coe's Golden Drop'

A legendary oblong, golden plum introduced in 1800 at Bury St. Edmunds, England. The medium-to-large fruits have straw-yellow skin and golden flesh. The plums are incredibly sweet and juicy and have a pocket of intense apricot-like flavor.

The freestone fruit ripens in October on vigorous, healthy trees, extending the plum season. It needs a pollinizer. Considered low chill - will bloom and bear reliably in areas with 425 hours between 32F-45F.

Cold Hardy to USDA Zone: 5

Mature Height:  12' 

Sun: Full Sun

Ripening Time: Late/October

Pollination: Needs a Pollinizer

Rootstock: St. Julian A

Read our Plum Growing Guide

Size: Dwarf (4'-5')
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  • Will a Bavay's Greengage and a Coe's Golden Drop pollinate each other?

    They should, though Gage plums tend to bloom a little too early in some regions.

  • I notice a lot of your European plums are zone 5 or higher, including this Coe's Golden Drop. Living on the border of where USDA zone 5 and 4 meet, do you think that I could plant a zone 5 plum? We hardly ever see temperatures below -10 or -15 for context. Thanks!

    Provided you kept a heavy mulch it would probably be okay. Unfortunately "hardly ever" can still mean the death of a tree that is marginal in your zone as all it takes is one bad winter to take it over the edge. Winter protection stratagies can help you push your zone though, so it's really up to how you care for it!

  • I was considering this as a pollinator for Parfume de September. Would I then get fruit on both trees?

    Not likely. Coe's needs another non-mirabelle for pollination as mirabelle plums are terrible at making pollen.

  • i read that coes golden drop needs Mount Royal or Stanley to pollinate. how ever I don't see these trees for sale here. do you have any?

    Coe's Golden Drop will cross polliante with most, non-prune, European plums - not just the two listed above.

  • what plum will pollinate this tree?

    Most other European plum, except for Mirabelle plums.

  • Can Stanley pollenize Coe's Golden Drop?

    Yes it can!

  • Does this Plum ripen in Western Washington?

    It absolutely does!

Customer Reviews

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Manasi K.
Delicious plum! Best in my garden!

I am in Seattle proper (zone 8b) & my garden gets full sun.
I planted this tree in early 2023, mulched it with pine bark, watered once every 10 days & then fertilized with compost & bonemeal in late November 2023. The tree flowered in spring 2024 & I hand poliinated it with flowers from my Purple gage plum. I thinned the fruit set to 5 or really, the tree thinned itself. I stopped watering in 1st week of August. We had some rain on August 23-25th which caused some fruits to split. The splitting actually hastens ripening but fruits have to be checked regularly.
Plums started ripening in last week of August & I took the last on off on 4th September. These are amazingly sweet, juicy & flavorful even when they are not fully ripe (turned color to a peachy green). This is not as sweet as Stanley but much more complex. I love it!
The tree I got was healthy & nicely branched. I trained the branches to a slightly lower angle when I planted it.
Not bad for a 2nd leaf tree!!

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Recieved it

Looks great!