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Our range of dwarfing and non-dwarfing fruit trees, nuts, berries.
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Dwarf Apples
Heritage apple varieties on DWARF rootstock. These apples are ideal for back yards, small orchards, espaliers or anywhere where space is tight. Varieties ripen from Christmas to July providing 6 months of fruit. Wee included some more recent varieties as well as historic ones. There are excellent eating apples, cookers, big, small, common and unusual. Something for every occasion.
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Semi-dwarfing Apples
Heritage apple varieties on SEMI-DWARFING rootstock. These apples are ideal a free-standing tree, rather than espaliering. They are a little more vigorous than our dwarfing trees.
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Stepover Apples
Step-over apple trees on EXTRA-DWARFING rootstocks. These highly sought-after trees can make productive hedges half a metre in height. Ideal for edging garden and vegetable beds, or a striking ornamental hedge. We tend to select later ripening varieties so that the fruit are hanging after the leaves have fallen. See our article on step-overs for more information.
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Cider Apples
Cider apple trees on SEMI-DWARFING rootstocks. These are a selection of specialty cider varieties from the English and French cider traditions. They make superior cider (in the right hands!) and are to the cider world as to the Pinot Noir or Chardonnay are to the world of wine.
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Crab Apples
Crab apple trees on SEMI-DWARFING rootstocks. These are considered as ornamentals, but can be used in juicing to offset the sweeter apple or pear. Highly regarded as pollinators for apple varieties because of their prolific flowering.
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Dwarf Pears
Pear trees on DWARFING rootstocks. Dwarfing forms allow these pears to bear much earlier and make more manageable trees than the huge old pear trees seen on old farms. "Pears for your heirs" was the old adage pointing to their longevity, slowness of growth and bearing, and eventual large sized tree. The French (and Belgians) have been responsible for bringing pear culture to it's peak in the 1700s.
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Perry Pears
Select from our range of Perry pears on Dwarfing rootstocks.
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Cherries
Cherry trees on DWARFING rootstocks. The sweet cherry varieties we grow have been developed from the European bird cherry (Prunus avium), while the sour cherries (which are still tangy as well as sweet) have been developed from Prunus cerasus, a wild cherry from Asia. Cherries definitely need protection from birds and many growing methods have been developed to accommodate this eg. espalier, spanish bush or fans so that they can be netted.
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Plums
Plum trees on NON-DWARFING rootstocks. The so-called European Plums we sell were introduced into Europe from Syria and Persia and are the product of long selection and development over the last 1000 years. Plums have pale greenish yellow flesh and rich sugary flavour, ripening in February. Generally two varieties are needed for cross pollination, although there are some that are self fertile. Esplaiering these shuold be done on a fan shape only.
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Peach
Old style peaches on non-dwarfing rootstock. These are best grown as free-standing trees to 3-4m but can be espaliered in a FAN shape effectively keeping it below 1.8m.
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Quinces
Quince trees on DWARFING rootstocks. Closely related to the pear, quinces are attractive trees, and the fruit wonderfully aromatic - treasured for cooking, tarts, preserves and jellies.
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Nectarine
Old style Nectarines on non-dwarfing rootstock. These are best grown as free-standing trees to 3-4m but can be espaliered in a FAN shape effectively keeping it below 1.8m.
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Apricots
Apricot trees on SEMI-DWARFING rootstocks. These are best grown as free-standing trees to 3-4m but can be espaliered in a FAN shape effectively keeping it below 1.8m. The Moorpark produces a smaller tree, and can be kept smaller on an espalier as well. Medlars produce small trees or can be espaliered easily to 1.5m.
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Figs
Figs on non-dwarfing rootstocks. Knows for their sensuous fruit both fresh and dried. Figs like long hot summers but not too dry, with well drained soils, preferrably out of the wind. They tolerate being potted. -
Rootstocks
Rootstocks are used for grafting and budding onto. If you know or want to learn how to graft or bud, you can propagate yourself. This year we offer a handful of rootstocks, but sorry no quince or pears.
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Berries
A selection of raspberries, blackberries, logans, blueberries, currants and other edible berries for the garden.
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Nut Trees
Hazelnuts and almonds. Hazels are great for mass hedging, but can be trained into a small tree. Almond pollination can be tricky but this self-fertile one allows you to grow plenty with just one tree.
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Dwarf Stone Fruit
Dwarfing Stone fruit - Peaches, Apricots, Plums, Nectarines. Idea for small espaliers or pots.
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$16.00 In StockMyrtus Berry (chillean guava) Ripens: March - April
Myrtus Berry (Ugni molinae), also known as chillean guava and strawberry myrtle. A low perennial bush with delicate small guava shaped red fruit that ripen in late March - mid April. The fruit are sweet and beautifully flavoured, small (5-6mm) in size. Great eaten fresh, cooked and dry well. The plant forms a dense evergreen low bush up to 50cm - easily...
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$42.50 In StockFreyberg Step-Over Ripens: April
An amazing apple, drawing qualities from both it's parents - Golden Delicious and Cox's Orange Pippin. So it's easy to see why is so widely enjoyed. Medium sized fruit, the skin a lovely greenish yellow and has the tiny russet fleck similar to a Golden. It ripens midseason and hangs well on the tree. The taste is almost spicy and there is just a hint of...
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$19.00 In StockPear Roostock (beurre hardy on Quince C)
A beurre hardy pear grafted onto dwarfing Quince C rootstock for propagating pears that are not compatible with quince. This allows "interstemming" to bridge the gap between the pear scion and the quince rootstock. These have been grown on for two years, so more expensive than other roostocks. Established root system.
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$18.00 In StockElderberry Ripens: March - April
An Elderberry tree is fast growing with very light wood growing to 4-5m tall. This common cultivar has green foliage and white flowers, white flower clusters (elderflower) that turn into black berries (elderberries). When happy, it will tend to form many trunks. Both the flowers and the berries are used to make a variety of cordials, wines, relishes,...
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$49.00 In StockRobe de Sergeant Plum DWARFING Ripens: February - March
A European prune with elongated purple fruit yellow flesh, freestone. Ripens mid season. Prunes are good eaten fresh but come into their own when cooked in pies, stewed or preserved. Pollinated by other European plums.
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$49.00 Out of stockAngelina Plum DWARFING Ripens: February - March
DWARFING variety makes this tree more suitable for Espaliering that its non dwarfing counterpart. This is the classic purple highly flavoured European Plum. Originated in France but has been widely spread around the world. It's purple in colour and has a rich flavour that cooks superbly and is great eaten fresh. Ripens February.
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$37.00 In StockRaspberry Lloyd George Pack Ripens: March - April
An Autumn fruiting variety, very old. Red, plump very flavoursome fruit, high yielding. Used for eating fresh, jams, frozen. 10 Canes per bundle. Regarded as one plant for shipping purposes
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$21.00 In StockBlueberry Northland Ripens: December
A blueberry with particularly large fruit, starting to ripen as early as christmas and cropping through until late summer. Blueberries in general produce a shrub with new branches suckering up from the base. They require chill, and leaves turn a lovely crimson colour in Autum. The fruit are prized eaten fresh, and can be stored well frozen or cooked in...
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$13.00 In StockPlum / Apricot Rootstocks (H29C Myrobalan)
Myrobalan rootstock are for for growing and propagating plums and apricots and to a lesser extent, peaches and nectarine. Plums have highest rate of grafting, while the others achieve best take when budded in summer. These have been grown on for one year after harvesting from a stoolbed, so have established root systems.
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$42.50 In StockFondante De Boris Ripens: March - April
A good early to midseason pear, beautiful looking fruit, tender, juicy and light flavoured. Can be picked early. Also called Fondante des Bois
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$21.00 In StockBlueberry Sunshine Blue Ripens: December
A compact sized blueberry prized for tolerating a low pH - (less acid conditions compared to other varieties) and low chill requirement. Large cropping of tasty purplish fruit, starting in January / Feb and hanging until autumn. A variety tolerates low chill and in warmer areas might not not lose its leaves in winter. Blueberries in general produce a...
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Wanliss Pride (american White) Hazelnut Ripens: March
American White (Wanliss Pride) is an excellent tasting nut with a squat shape, and is a reliable heavy cropper. Pollination of hazelnuts is complex, and to make it easy, we recommend having 3 other varieties to set fruit. Hazelnuts produce a large bush that suckers, although can be trained / pruned into a low tree with a single stem.
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Hicks Fancy Mulberry
Hicks Fancy is a type of mulberry, growing into a small deciduous tree with plump juicy fruit ripening over 4-6 weeks in late summer. Birds dont tend to get the fruit as easily as other berries., but will do better with bird netting. Self fertile. Does best with full sun and well drained fertile soil. Quite hard to propagate, hence the high price but...
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Nectared Nectarine Ripens: February - March
A red-skinned, yellow fleshed sweet nectarine, early ripening and semi-freestone. Good flavour and a firm flesh. Self-fertile.
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Blueberry Burst Ripens: December
A compact sized blueberry bush yielding large sized tasty purplish fruit, starting in January / Feb and hanging until autumn. Frost tolerant. Blueberries in general produce a shrub with new branches suckering up from the base. The fruit are prized eaten fresh, and can be stored well frozen or cooked in pies, jams etc. Can be self fertile but yield will be...
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Blueberry Brightwell Ripens: December
A blueberry with low chill requirements, making it suitable for growing in warmer areas. Its a rabbiteye variety (fruit go pink like a rabbit eye before they ripen to purple / blue) are firmer and have slightly thicker skin so store better. Starting to ripen as early as Christmas and cropping through until early Autumn. Blueberries in general produce a...
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GRAFTLING of Prunus Mume "Bungo" Ripens: mid December - January
NOTE: Maximum 1 per customer please. This is a sought after variety and as this will be the final year I will be selling these trees, I am offering FRESHLY GRAFTED plants for you to grow on yourself. If you nursery this tree in a pot or in ideal veggie patch conditions, it should grow fine ready to move to the final spot in winter 2026. I find the...
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