Pluot now flowering

[realfood]

Yes, even in Glasgow, my Pluot has started flowering. There is no sign of insect life yet, so I will have to resort to hand pollination. No sign of any other plums flowering either.
Does anyone else have a pluot in flower now?

[Snadger]

My peach is in flower in the greenhouse!

[singleseeder]

Well, Realfood, I confess I had to have a quick google.

This is definitely something new to me. Whatever next?

[realfood]

Strange though it may seem, a whole series of crosses between plums and apricots, and even peaches, have now been developed. The original hybrid is the “plumcot”, which is ½ plum and ½ apricot. This hybrid was then used to create further crosses in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger in the US. One such complex cross now available in the UK, is the “Pluot” whose parentage is ¾ plum and ¼ apricot.

There are also Apriums, which are more apricot that plum. It is not so outlandish as you may think as plums, apricots, etc are quite closely related. They all have a crease down one side of the fruit.