Plum Choices in Fruit Trees

If you want to plant a plum tree, here are some that do well in Southern California. A few varieties need another plum tree nearby to be pollinated.

* Beauty

* Mariposa (pollinated by Beauty or Santa Rosa)

* Santa Rosa

* Satsuma (pollinated by Santa Rosa or Beauty)

Here are some nurseries that sell them.

Blue Hills Nursery, 16440 E. Whittier Blvd., Whittier; (562) 947-2013.

Burkard Nurseries, 690 N. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena; (626) 796-4355.

H & H Nursery, 6220 Lakewood Blvd., Lakewood; (562) 804-2513.

Laguna Hills Nursery, 25290 Jeronimo Road, Lake Forest; (949) 830-5653.

Seven Oaks Nursery, 21501 Temescal Canyon Road, Corona; (909) 277-2927.

Sperling Nursery, 24460 Calabasas Road, Calabasas; (818) 591-9111.