Imagine an orchard on your own patio! These patio fruit trees have been specifically for their dwarf habit making them ideal for growing in large containers. Height if containerised: 1m (39″). Spread if containerised: 45cm (18″). Height supplied 30-40cm in 9cm pots.
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Collection comprises:
- Apple ‘Golden Delicious’ – Pollination Group 4 – Cooking and Eating Apple – This easy to grow variety produces good yields of attractive golden-green apples that store well over a long period after harvesting. Rootstock: M9
- Apple ‘Gala’ – Pollination Group 4 – Eating Apple – A reliable cultivar producing attractive, red flushed fruits with a surprisingly sweet flavour when eaten straight from the tree, and make a delicious juicing apple. Rootstock M27
- Pear ‘Conference’ Pollination Group 3/Self-Fertile – Eating pear – The best known of all pears, ‘Conference’ is excellent eaten as a dessert pear but also exceptional when cooked. The long bell shaped fruits with firm flesh can be eaten hard or fully ripe with a smooth juicy flavour. Rootstock: Quince A
- Plum ‘Black Amber’ – Self-Fertile – Eating Plum – This heavy bearing Plum produces plenty of rounded, firm purple fruits with a deliciously juicy texture. Rootstock: Ferlinane
- Cherry ‘Sylvia’ – Self-Fertile – Eating Cherry – This dwarf cherry tree is perfect for the patio where it makes a great focal point in spring as pale pink cherry blossom cloaks the branches. Rootstock: Gisella 6
Please note: Patio trees are derived from clonal selections for dwarfism which ensures a particularly compact growth habit of around 1m (39″) in height.
Plant patio fruit trees in 60cm (2’) diameter containers using a good quality compost such as John innes No.3. Alternatively plant them in any well drained soil in a sheltered sunny position. Plant fruit trees at their original soil level, firm them into the ground and water well.
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