Elephant Heart (Japanese) Plum

Description

Description/Taste

Elephant heart plums are larger than the common variety. The fruits are oblong with rounded shoulders that taper to a gentle point on the non-stem end, faintly resembling the shape of a heart. The skin is smooth, powdered, and taut, covered in light yellow mottling, and ripens from green-bronze to purple-red with maturity. Underneath the tough skin, the flesh is firm, dense, aqueous, and crisp, flushed with ruby red, crimson, and golden hues. There is also a central, fibrous pit that is free-standing and not firmly adhered to the flesh. Elephant Heart plums have a tart, sweet, and floral flavor with prominent notes of vanilla and berries.
Elephant Heart plums are available late summer – September.

Zone 5-8

Bareroot tree with pickup May 3rd-4th, 2025.