Tipson Plumcot (Spring 2027)

Yes. Tipson Plumcot needs pollen from a different variety that blooms at about the same time. Pollination needs are unknown for this new plumcot, so plant an early-blooming Japanese or hybrid plum, or an apricot, nearby. Partners we carry include Toka Plum, Kaga Plum, Kahinta Plum.

We rate Tipson Plumcot hardy to zone 4, which means winters down to about -30°F. Our notes have it taking -29°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.

About 600 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 400 and 900. Nobody has published a chill figure for it, so that's our estimate from its relatives and origin. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.

We graft Tipson Plumcot onto Manchurian (full size), which makes a tree roughly 15 to 20 ft tall if you never prune it.

Our top use scores for Tipson Plumcot are fresh eating (7/10).

We don't know yet. Nobody has published solid disease data on Tipson Plumcot for bacterial canker, bacterial spot, black knot, brown rot, cytospora canker and plum pocket, so we list it as unknown instead of guessing. That doesn't mean it's weak. Plenty of the plants we grow have never been through formal disease trials. Our plum disease resistance chart has every rating, the notes and the sources.

Yes, deer love it. Protect Tipson Plumcot with a fence or a cage, especially while it is young.

A dormant bare-root plant, roots wrapped in moist sawdust with a vapor barrier, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring. Sizes offered: 3-5 ft or 4-6 ft or 5-7 ft or 6-8 ft. We guarantee our plants bud out. Stone fruits can be slow, so if one still has not budded out by August 15, write to us and we credit you for the following spring.