Lemon Plum

At the grocery store the other day I took a chance and purchased a couple of lemon plums. What a find. I tried one this morning for breakfast and it's so delicious, with a sweet, citrus, and tangy flavor, and very fragrant. The plums were slightly yellow in color when I purchased them. They ripened to a beautiful sunset red orange color in a day or two in my home. They're more of a lemon color inside.

The fruit is a rare plum imported from Chile and is only available sporadically in the month of February. The shape reminds me of the elephant heart plums I grew in California. Perhaps they're related. I'm running back to the grocery to see if I can get more lemon plums before the supply is gone. Still don't know how to use the macro on Gary's camera, these are not in focus but at least you get the idea of what the plum looks like. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

Elephant Heart Plum

When I designed the gardens here at Springville Lavender Gardens, I decided to plant fruits that aren't available in the grocery store. Elephant heart plum is one of those fruits. Here you see the plum with its definite heart shape and color. There's a small blemish, or dimple, on the lower left hand side. We had a late frost and some of the fruit was slightly damaged.


As you can see the frost didn't ruin the inside of the fruit, though. My husband and I shared the plum last night and it was really good. This was a trial pick, the plums aren't quite ripe yet, they can probably go another week or two. Well I'm going out now to finish my watering.