Form: Bush / St. Julian A RootstockMirabelle trees are a type of plum. Countess is a new dual-purpose variety, superb, round, dark red-purple plummy fruit with a lovely flavour. The flesh is red to yellow with a wonderful melting texture, juicy, sweet and rich in flavour. Excellent eating quality but can also be used in cooking. Freestone, the stone comes away from the flesh when fully ripe. Stunning white blossom in the spring.Picking month: Early AugustUses: Cooking & EatingSelf Fertile. (although self fertile produce more fruit with the following fruit tree partners)Pollination Partners:Mirabelle Golden Sphere, Mirabelle Gypsy, Plum Avalon, Plum Herman, Plum Rivers Early Prolific Gage Jefferson Gage Dennistons Superb Gage Golden Sphere.This plant is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.Fruit trees like sun and fertile well drained soil.Sold in a 12 litre pot.