Plum Flower Development

Plum Flower & Fruit Photo Gallery

These photos are viewable courtesy of University of California research and extension personnel and programs, including the UC Statewide IPM Program for the photos related to flower and fruit development. 

Photos of historic cultivars were provided by Ted DeJong, UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences. The photos in this collection represent cultivars grown in California, in both commercial and non-commercial production, during the state's long history of tree fruit production.

Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at early green tip.
Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at green tip.
Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at first swell.
Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at early green tip. Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at green tip. Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at first swell.
Photo by JK Clark. UC Statewide IPM Project, © UC Regents Photo by JK Clark. UC Statewide IPM Project, © UC Regents Photo by JK Clark. UC Statewide IPM Project, © UC Regents
Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at first swell.
Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at early white tip/1st white.
Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at popcorn stage.
Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at first swell. Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at early white tip/1st white. Flower buds of Santa Rosa plum at popcorn stage
Photo by JK Clark. UC Statewide IPM Project, © UC Regents Photo by JK Clark. UC Statewide IPM Project, © UC Regents Photo by JK Clark. UC Statewide IPM Project, © UC Regents
Santa Rosa plum blossoms.
Santa Rosa plum blossoms at early petal fall
 
Santa Rosa plum blossoms. Santa Rosa plum blossoms at early petal fall.  
Photo by JK Clark. UC Statewide IPM Project, © UC Regents Photo by JK Clark. UC Statewide IPM Project, © UC Regents