Pluots and Apriums are incredibly sweet crosses of plum and apricot with a wonderful variety of complex flavors and colors. Pluots are mostly plum while Apriums are predominately Apricot. Both will thrive where Apricots do well. All the cultivars listed thrive in the California central valley where they were bred but are still being tested in other climates! These patented Floyd Zaiger introductions all need hot summers to bring out their sugars and incredible flavors. We’ve chosen several cultivars that have proven the most cold hardy! However they don’t do well in high humidity! They are easily maintained at 10-15’ tall. We offer 4-6’ trees.
A rare cross of Peach and Japanese Plum. The delicious white flesh has a classic peach flavor with a wonderful plum aftertaste that is truly unique. A very productive, early season ripener. Clingstone. Great flavor canned or eaten fresh. Self fertile. Enjoy the showy pink spring flowers. Patent 8393. A Floyd Zaiger selection. 600 chill hours. Does well in hot summers and a good one to try in maritime climates.
This is a new and unique introduction that truly tastes like a delicious cross of a plum and a nectarine. The first NectaplumT from Zaiger Hybrids. SpiceZee is a great choice for the home gardener. It is slightly acidic and loaded with sugar giving it a spicy sweet flavor. Along with great flavor, Spice Zee is a beautiful ornamental tree with a tremendous spring bloom followed by dark red leaves in the spring that mature to a rich green-red in late summer. This variety is self-fruitful and very productive. (Patent Pending)
Floyd Ziger did not release an Aprium until it could compete with the outstanding Flavor Delight. This white fleshed Apricot-plum hybrid has both incredible sweetness and flavor. It's partially self fertile but get bigger crops if pollinated by an apricot.
One of the earliest ripening fruits, in mid June in California it also blooms very early and is difficult to grow in late frost areas. Thin fruit early to maximize size and quality. Chill hours 600.
These are the most popular and proven Pluot varieties. They vary in fruit skin color, from yellow to red, making this a beautiful combination. The fruit is of excellent quality, incredibly sweet, plum-like, with an apricot aftertaste. It ripens in July and August. The four varieties are Dapple Dandy, Flavor Queen, Flavor King and Flavor Supreme. The dwarf tree on Citation rootstock is self-fertile and will pollinize early ripening Japanese plums. USDA 7-11.
A Pluot is a plum-apricot cross that leans 75 percent towards the plum. The different varieties vary in fruit skin color, from yellow to red, making this a beautiful combination tree. The fruit is of excellent quality, incredibly sweet, plum-like, with an apricot aftertaste. Ripens in July. The four varieties are the new Dapple Dandy, Flavor Queen, Flavor King, and Flavor Supreme. The tree is self-fertile and will pollinize early ripening Japanese plums. These super sweet, patented Floyd Zaiger introductions are recommended for USDA Zones 6-9. They need only 600 hours chilling and thrive in areas where hot summers bring out their incredible sweetness and complex flavor. (Not Western Washington) On Citation rootstock.
This small tree (8 to 10' tall) is big on the uniqueness scale. A cross with the fine attributes of three fruits, peach, apricot, and plum, the fruit has yellow skin blushed almost completely red with a slightly fuzzy texture much like an apricot. It is partially freestone and has yellow flesh and a wonderfully complex flavor.
Expect ripe fruit in early June in California. A Pluot makes the best pollinizer. Needs at least 500 chill hours. Patent pending.
Floyd Ziger did not release an Aprium until it could compete with the outstanding Flavor Delight. This white fleshed Apricot-plum hybrid has both incredible sweetness and flavor. It's partially self fertile but get bigger crops if pollinated by an apricot.
One of the earliest ripening fruits, in mid June in California it also blooms very early and is difficult to grow in late frost areas. Thin fruit early to maximize size and quality. Chill hours 600.
This large freestone fruit is also called 'Dinosaur Egg'. When the incredibly sweet and delicious red and white flesh is ripe, the yellow/green skin turns a dappled maroon and yellow. A frequent taste test winner for its distinct Plum-Apricot flavor.
Dandy is a good pollinizer for Pluot varieties and among the most widely adaptable to colder climates. Thin the fruit so it doesn't overset and become biennial. Chill hours 500.
This hybrid is 3/4 apricot and 1/4 plum. The flesh is yellow and firm like an apricot but it has a combination of apricot and plum flavor. The fruit is two inches long. It ripens in mid July on a vigorous upright tree that can be maintained at about ten feet tall. It is self fertile (no boy cot is needed), but has biggest crops when pollinized by any apricot.
A patented Floyd Zaiger introduction recommended for USDA Zones 6-9. Produced well at Mt. Vernon station. Less than 300 hours of chill needed.
Enjoy explosive, sweet as honey flavor. This green fruit with a red blush, hangs on the tree and can be eaten for four to six weeks as it keeps getting sweeter. It extends the stone fruit season and can be harvested in October. The fruit will still have a distictive crunch. Good reports are beginning to come in from Zone 5 and 6 areas, that have good late-summer heat. Those who can grow Flavor Grenade successfully are in for a late season treat. Chill hours 600.
Flavor Supreme is the sweetest and most flavorful of all the pluots and that's saying alot. The rich, sweet red flesh is covered by maroon and green mottled skin. Pluots require hot summers to achieve their full flavor. It needs a Japanese plum or other pluot for pollination and requires 700 or more chill hours.
This is a new and unique introduction that truly tastes like a delicious cross of a plum and a nectarine. The first NectaplumT from Zaiger Hybrids. SpiceZee is a great choice for the home gardener. It is slightly acidic and loaded with sugar giving it a spicy sweet flavor. Along with great flavor, Spice Zee is a beautiful ornamental tree with a tremendous spring bloom followed by dark red leaves in the spring that mature to a rich green-red in late summer. This variety is self-fruitful and very productive. (Patent Pending)
A rare cross of Peach and Japanese Plum. The delicious white flesh has a classic peach flavor with a wonderful plum aftertaste that is truly unique. A very productive, early season ripener. Clingstone. Great flavor canned or eaten fresh. Self fertile. Enjoy the showy pink spring flowers. Patent 8393. A Floyd Zaiger selection. 600 chill hours. Does well in hot summers and a good one to try in maritime climates.
