and Japanese types (Prunus salicina), must have a second variety to cross-pollinate with in order to produce fruit. These types of plum trees are considered self-sterile. That means that the pollen ...

Knowing how to grow a plum tree from a plum stone ... you will need more than one variety for pollination. Although most European plums are self-pollinating, you'll get a better crop if you ...

Pear, plum, fig and medlar trees can also ... will produce fruit without the need for another tree to pollinate it. If your tree is not self-fertile it will need to be paired with another one.