Methley Plum

I Ordered and Planted 2 Dwarf Size Methley Plum's the Fall of 2015.
The 2 Trees arrived extremely well packed and in excellent condition.
They were fully leafed out upon arrival as I ordered the Supreme potted trees.
During the Fall of 2015, these 2 trees grew like insane due to the mild Fall weather we received in the Ohio Valley.
Spring 2016, these 2 trees were the first out of all of my fruit trees to burst forth with leafs and went back to getting down to growing. They are now taller than me ( I am 6' 1") and spreading out very nicely for only being planted now for about 7 months. I can not wait till Stark Bro.s has more of these plums in stock so that I can place an order for more.
Excellent Tree Growth I have experienced so far.
I know of this type of Plum, as my grandmother had a Methley Plum when I was younger which I would eat right off the tree. I can not wait till my tree's start to produce fruit.

We saw over 30 inches of growth the first year, and now have over a dozen flower buds. Wet spring, moderate fertilizer.

It's a little early to tell now, but when I received my dwarf tree it was 31 inches long from the roots to the tip. There was one main root (5 inches long), and several smaller ones coming off of it (2-4 inches). There were 2 branches ( 4 inches), and 8 green buds in total on the tree.
Problems: Minor damage during delivery
The tree's top was jammed into the top of the box, and a one inch section of it had broken off. The wet paper had also shifted, so the roots were a bit dry. Also, one of the roots had been torn. Other than that, the tree looked fine.

My tree arrived looking more like a stick and my family couldn't stop laugjing at my online purchase. I planted ky "stick" and a year later I have a tree with fruit! I don't have a green thumb, but my tree is thriving!

I planted this tree last spring and it has already tripled in size. Beautiful tree, I cant' wait until it starts producing.

My methyl was planted in the same hole as Stanley PrunePlum. I want to slow the vigor but it's taking off like speedy Gonzales. I have to keep pruning it back so that my Stanley can keep up. this year no fruit yet, but hundred and hundred of fruiting spurs... can't wait till next year to really taste a homegrown plum. I love it. Love to see it grow and you can really see it grow...

We planted our tree 4 years ago. We almost had plums last year, but a late frost killed the buds. This year, we have plums for days. They are DELICIOUS, sweet and tart. Juicier than clearly other folks who have provided plum jam recipes. My children (12 and 7 yo twins) cannot stop eating them and the jelly!!

Great tree in Charlotte, NC!

I purchased a bare root in April 2015. It was a mere 3'-4'. I chose this one as one of my first fruit trees since it's a self pollinator and because the fruit is known to be sweet. This one has out shined my other two fruit trees (a cherry and peach) by far. By the summer of 2016 she was already standing at approximately 14'. I have pruned her based on the instructions Stark Bros has provided using the vase-shape method since it's a Japanese plum tree. She is now approximately 16' tall and has approximately 40 white blooms on her right now. Very happy with how this tree has turned out. I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing fruit on her either this year or next.

Bought one plum tree from this company and one from Lowe's. This was the one that survived. I was able to plant it with a support pole and offered winter protection, although north Carolina doesn't need much. Our came back nice and strong this year. Just need another plum to cross pollenate with it now.....

When I got my 'stick' in the mail, I was very dubious. It was just a stick. But I followed the directions and planted the rooty-looking end in the ground. I watered faithfully and I was rewarded with lots of little branches and leaves the first summer. This spring, I watched it carefully and it came out of winter dormancy beautifully. No flowers this year, but I expect it to take a couple years. It's healthy and growing with vigor. Would buy again and I have. Three pear trees this year.

The Methley plum arrived a little smaller, and less mature than the other plums
(Stanley prune, Santa Rosa, and Superior) I ordered. In the first summer it
grew from about 3 feet to about 6 feet in height. I have never purchased dry
root plants or trees before, and it seemed to take a long time for most of them
to sprout buds or leaves. The Methley was the last to do so. I remember
thinking in May that maybe only half of the 9 plants I received were going to
sprout and live. All of them eventually did and grew very well. That is one
of the difficulties with dry root trees, according to reviews I had read on the
internet both before and after buying them. Getting them to wake-up and
grow. I used miracle grow fast start, mulched them, and watered them
according to the instructions; however, it seemed like it took them a long
time to sprout or bud. I discovered by accident or experiment a very
effective way to get them bud, and it resulted in great growth for all my
plants (some ended up over 10 feet tall). I found that by sprinkling a little
water on the stem or trunk (just enough to wet it), while the sun was shining
directly on the plant, budding and growth were greatly stimulated. Obviously,
one does not want to over-water the plants, (as I continued making sure they
they were getting about 1 inch of water every 10 days), that is why I say to only
use enough water to wet the stem. Many people complain that the dry root
plants just don't bud or grow. I read that nurseries, after shipping all their
pre-ordered plants to customers, put all their other dry root plants in pots
and send them to many of the retail stores. Thus, those well growing plants
we see at the store, were dry root just like the ones we bought. Why do theirs
grow so well? I think it is because they are sitting in the sun all day, and everyday, they are given a quick light watering, just as I described, stimulating
rapid budding and growth. That is the advice I would give to anyone purchasing dry root plants.

I love this plum. It's growing enthusiastically in a big container (10 gallons) and it's doing great. This is its second year, so hopefully we'll get some plums this summer.

Received my order. All peach trees I ordered are looking good. Methley plum arrived as a stick with no limbs and a very small root system. Planted all the same day they arrived and watered them and still water them. all are showing growth except the methley. It has been almost a month since they arrived and I do not think the methley plum will grow

A year later it seems to be doing well...I would recommend this tree

they didn't bear the first 2 years , but it was worth the wait. They are quite sweet , tree is also pretty to look at too.

this tree is growing very nicely. had a lot of blossoms on it this year. won't had any fruit though as there was a cold snap which killed the blossoms. from the amount of blossoms on the tree I now I can look forward eating a lot of plums next year, the weather permitting.

Our plum tree is doing fine. It hasn't produced fruit yet but this is only the 2nd summer. (We have a 15 year old peach from Stark that produces like crazy every year!)

Beautiful little tree and it doubled in size over the first year.

Came well protected and healthy looking. Bloomed this year so that's great so far. Ask me to review again and I'll update you.

tree is in it's 2nd year. hoping to have fruits in 2 years. we git the dwarf size. looks lovely in our small back yard.

This is a very healthy beautiful tree. Can't wait for it to produce plums. Once again I am very pleased with the quality of their products. I will definitely purchase products from them again.

My Methley plum tree is doing well but quite old enough to produce fruit.

Only one year old tree is huge haven't seen any flowers I hope it blooms at the same time that my other shiro plum Blooms

I just planted the tree last year, it already has fruit on it, and it was delicious. There were only about ten plums, they were a little small, but I think it's a good start. Next year should be really good.

I planted this tree last spring and by the the end of the year it was over 8.5' tall! It woke up and is off growing again this spring. No fruit yet of course, but growing like a champ.

Both of the plums trees arrived healthy, and survived the strange winter weather we had on the East Coast. This spring there were a few blossoms, but I do not expect fruit for a couple of years. But the little trees are in full leaf and appear healthy. In the past I have ordered fruit trees from Stark Bros. and all have survived and bear fruit ever year.

Tree's still pretty young (planted last year) to give a full review but it survived the erratic winter weather. It looks like it's happy and has established itself and has some nice foliage this year. Would recommend purchasing. Will know more next year. Bought it as a pollinator for our Shiro plum but it has not bloomed yet so it is either too young or later for some reason this year than the Shiro that has already bloomed.

They didn't fruit any this year but are still growing nicely so will see if they will put on any fruit next year.

Sincerely,

Milford

I live in Durham NC in Zone 7 and I have had my Methley Plum in the ground for a year and half. It continues to put on growth but suffers from bores and the canker worms (inch worms) hit it pretty hard in the early spring. I have amended the soil and mulched but do not use any pesticides or chemicals of any kind as the goal is to grow organically. The newest leaf growth looks good and is putting on new branches. I am hopeful to see the first flowers next spring.

Growing for 2 seasons now and It is getting very large, but no fruit yet. Actually thought it was going to be a smaller tree than it is, thought it was going to be a dwarf size. It may be too large for the spot where I placed it, should have been placed farther away from fence line.

It never came alive in the Spring. Don't know if it was me or the tree, so I can't really rate it.

My tree is three years old. This year it bloomed profusely but alas, again no plums. We baby it, fertilize it and keep hoping. itmos supposed to be self pollinating so we don't know why it doesn't produce.

Even though it was planted in a timely way, the tree didn't grow. It's dead.

Its now 1 year and growing beautifully cant wait to get fruit

Mr. Hardy arrived in our home May 2015, like a baby all snuggled up tight. We put Mr. Hardy in his tempory location, a five gallon bucket with holes for drainage. As the weeks turned into months awaiting a tree to cut down for just that perfect spot. One year later Mr. Hardy found his home, not only did he mature and take on such enormous size during this time he even produced a flower or two. Now, happy in the ground he stands up tall and I expect to see even more exciting developments over the next years till we get to delight in the fruits of how Mr. Hardy was hardy enough to grow in any condition

this tree arrived healthy and looked great.. the root system however was close to the ground surface and I had a difficult time planting it without burying the graft..It started to thrive immediatly.I was very pleased with stark bros and wished i would have protected it from the deer problem we have here in colorado they stripped the bark off of most of the trunk , I was able to cut it back and it looks like it will survive just looks funny. I will reccomend stark bros way above other tree growers

Looked good upon arrival. The tree is taking root/buds showing and leaves are emerging. Happy with this plum so far.