Good morning. No one had answered you, so I got out one of my old catalogs
and Green Gage plums do not need another type of plum to make fruit. It
also says that they are OK in zones 5 - 8. I don't know what zone you are
in, but I live in Kansas, and am in zone 5, and it can get to -20 degrees F.

You ask if it can handle very wet and very windy. As with any tree, they
don't like to have their feet wet. A lot of rain probably wont hurt them,
as long as it drains away pretty fast, but the wind might be something else.

You might get onto the Internet and type in "growing Green Gage Plums" and
look at your responses. I have found a number of Colleges that have web
pages that tell you how to grow almost anything you can imagine.

Good luck. Dwayne



"SusieThompson" wrote in message
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I have just bought a greengage - Reine Claude Doree. Is this greengage
self-fertile? Another thing - is it wind or insect pollinated - our new
garden is going to be in what can be quite a windy corner of the island,
but should be reasonably well drained. I've read that most of the plum
family are frost tolerant, and I assume that this one is too. I wonder
if it will "do" OK up here on Arran where it can be very wet as well as
very windy? I hope it will be fruitful - I just adore ripe greengages
picked straight from the tree. Thanks for all your help over the past
years - happy new year for 2003.
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