This is a 5 year old Damson, trained along a high fence which has produced only a handful of flowers since it was planted. It shows lots of vigorous growth and appears very healthy - but no flowers. Can anyone help?
Jethro
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Perhaps it's lonely? Most damsons are self fertile, a few are not, do you know the variety?
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No, sorry I don't know the variety. If it was producing flowers but no fruit I might have considered the possibility of fertility problems but it has only produced a handful of flowers over the past couple of years. I am no expert on fruit trees though so could it still be the lack of a pollinator?