Ballerina apple trees are the original and best columnar fruit trees as their unique, virtually branchless habit is a genetic trait and not just a result of intensive nursery training and pruning. This means they are sure to keep their shape over the years without further skilled pruning. Reaching only 2m height after 5 years, Ballerina 'Flamenco' are the easiest trees to harvest as the apples naturally occur on small spurs close to the main stem. As well as being productive fruit trees, Ballerinas make spectacular garden ornaments when grown in a large pot. They are superb patio plants and look wonderful displayed either side of a doorway or garden gate where you can really appreciate their lovely white spring blossom followed by a good crop of juicy red apples. Raised at the famous East Malling Research Station in Kent, they are perfectly suited for the British climate, making them easy to grow and reliable - perfect for novice gardeners or those strapped for time. Supplied as a 90-110cm tall established plant in a 5L pot ready for immediate planting.
Apple 'Elstar' and 'James Grieve' Duo TreeNow everyone can grow fruit trees in the minimum of space! These incredible duo fruit trees have been meticulously grafted by highly skilled nurserymen to provide 2 different apple varieties growing on one rootstock. What's more, the rootstocks are dwarfing, meaning that your trees will always remain compact. You will get 2 different varieties of fruit from 1 tree - perfect for anyone who loves the idea of picking their own home-grown fresh fruit but has limited garden space. They are ideal for growing in a container on your patio and equally happy in a small border. With stunning spring blossom and attractive autumn foliage, not only do they taste good - they look good too! 'Elstar' AppleA versatile variety that is delicious and juicy eaten straight from the tree, this apple's honeyed sweetness balanced with acidic notes means it is also a great choice for cooking - superb in cakes and desserts and makes a great apple sauce! Producing medium-sized dessert apples, greenish-yellow at the base and flushing to an attractive red at the top, 'Elstar' are satisfying to bite into, their lemon-white flesh being crunchy but not too crisp. And, of course, they are bursting with juicy flavour.Developed in the Netherlands in the 1950s by crossing Golden Delicious with Ingrid Marie, this dessert apple is a favourite across Europe but not often seen in the UK. For use from October to December. 'James Grieve' Another superb old variety that you won't find in supermarkets. If you pick the elegant, red and green, satin-sheened fruit in early to mid-September, they are refreshingly acidic, sharp, and perfect for cooking scrummy apple crumbles and pies. However, if your wait a few weeks longer, the delicious flavour mellows, becoming mild, sweet and truly excellent picked straight from the tree. The soft flesh is literally packed with juice and glistens tantalisingly when you bite into it. If you can resist eating your whole crop, they make truly incredible juice! For use from September to October. Both varieties individually hold the RHS Award of Garden Merit, so you can be sure they will reward you with delicious full-sized fruit year after year. Fully hardy and self-fertile, they will produce bumper crops with the minimum of effort. Because they are already trained into a V shape, they are perfect for growing against a wall or fence, where they will reach a mature height of 1.5-1.8m.
A new apple launched in 2011, 'Tickled Pink' (also sold as 'Baya Marissa') is a stunning variety with sumptuously juicy red flesh with a fabulous 'old-fashioned' flavour - just like 'Rosy Apple' sweets! You can marvel at the unique strawberry-red flesh, all the way to the core! From fragrant springtime blossom to juicily luscious, red-fleshed fruits each October, 'Tickled Pink' will be as happy in a pot on your patio or balcony as it will in a bed or border. Delicious straight from the tree, the exquisite apples are perfect for making refreshing red juice or baking apple pies for a taste that's simply divine. With its incredible fragrant spring blossom, richly coloured foliage and mid-October fruits, the tree itself brings season-long interest to any garden, patio or balcony. It is perfectly winter hardy and easy to grow - ideal for beginer and experienced gardeners alike. It is not self-fertile, but if there are apple trees nearby it is likely you will get some fruit as it can be pollinated by a wide range of commonly grown trees. Plant it where you can enjoy the gorgeous spring blossom displays too! Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, approx. 80-100cm tall, ready to plant out.
'Braeburn' in the most popular dessert apple in the UK. Discovered in New Zealand in 1952, it is named after the orchard where it was first grown. Famous for its incredibly juicy, firm, white fleshed fruits with greenish yellow skins streaked with orange and red, its flavour is considered to have a perfect balance of sweetness and acidic tartness. This refreshing taste sensation is what makes this such a popular apple. Beautiful pale pink blossom in April and May is followed by the large fruit that can be picked from late September. They keep very well if kept cool, easily lasting until January, so don't worry too much about the bumper crop that 'Braeburn' will deliver as you'll have plenty of time to enjoy eating it. Although it's a dessert apple, it's wonderful in puddings such as tarts because it maintains its shape and flavour and doesn't release too much liquid. 'Braeburn' is self-fertile, so it doesn't need another apple nearby to pollinate it. However, the already excellent harvest will increase further if there is one. Supplied as a bare root tree, 1.2 m (4 ft) tall on a dwarfing M9 rootstock, growing to a height and spread of 2.5 m (8 ft).
An exciting new introduction and an instant hit with customers, this compact, mini apple tree produces a bountiful crop of small, red bite-sized fruits which will delight all who see them, plus they're the ideal bite-sized snack for kids! We were blown away with just how gorgeous this apple tree is - it's truly something that you'll want to grow. With masses of pale pink blossom in spring, followed by The sweet, firm fruits are roughly the size of a golf ball, they taste delicious eaten whole - perfect for making mini toffee apples! Anyone can have a go at growing Appletini - it's easy to grow and self-fertile so you'll get a good crop of fruits without having to worry about complicated pollinating partners - you're guaranteed a crop of tasty mini apples. The tree stays compact at around 2m (6ft) - perfect for smaller gardens, and they will quite happily grow in a larger pot on the patio or planted in the border - so there's no reason not to give it a go!
There are few sights and smells more arresting in the garden than a Katsura or 'Toffee Apple' Tree in mid autumn. Its heart-shaped green leaves turn shades of yellow, purple and red before falling to the ground and releasing a distinctive and intoxicating fragrance thats similar to fairground candy floss or sweet toffee apple, hence it's name, Heavenly! Peter experienced this last Autumn while walking in a lovely parkland setting, where the scent truly filled the air, as the Autumn colours were at their very best and richest, and now he is a big fan too! Growing to around 5m in a decade, this tree can eventually reach 15m and will do well in a really sunny spot or light shade. For a breathtaking display of autumn colour, plant in moist, well drained soils, and making a perfect speciment tree, plant Katrusa trees for years of pelasure.
This brand new Rhubarb variety has been specially selected for its especially sweet fruity flavour. Known as a 'day neutral' variety, this innovative Rhubarb crops heavily from spring to autumn unlike regular types which tend to become less productive over the summer months - so you're guaranteed a bumper crop of flavoursome stems right up until the first frosts! Apple Delight is easy to grow and adapted to thrive in all weathers - the perfect variety to plant throughout the UK being weather resistant as well as having excellent resistance to pests and disease. For best results allow to establish for a season and pick sparingly in year two. Expect heavy crops thereafter. Delivered as a growing plant established in 9cm pot.
There are few sights and smells more arresting in the garden than a Katsura or 'Toffee Apple' Tree in mid-autumn. An elegant, ornamental tree, its heart-shaped green leaves turn shades of yellow, purple, pink and red before falling to the ground and releasing a distinctive and alluring fragrance that's similar to fairground candy floss or sweet toffee apple, hence its name, Heavenly! Our Head Gardener Peter experienced this last autumn while walking in a lovely parkland setting, where the scent truly filled the air, as the autumn colours were at their very best and richest, and now he is a big fan too! Supplied as an established plant in a 5L pot, ready for planting out, the Katsura Tree will grow to around 5m in a decade, and can eventually reach 15m so should be planted where it has room to show off. It will do well in either a really sunny spot or in light shade and for a breathtaking display of autumn colour, plant in moist, well drained soils. Making a perfect specimen tree, plant Katsura trees for years of pleasure.
A wonderful standard Crab Apple, Red Sentinel's attractive branches burst with beautiful pinkish-white blossom throughout spring, filling your garden with lovely sweet fragrance They really do flower their socks off in spring, and are an excellent source of pollen to pollinate nearby Apple trees too, a method often used in commercial orchards. Beautiful and useful too! The flowers are followed in autumn by plump, round, brightest cherry-red fruits that deepen in colour as they remain on the tree right into the winter. Once the leaves have dropped off, and the red fruits remain, it takes on a unique quality and appearance. Fashioned by our expert growers into a beautiful standard tree with a lollipop head, Red Sentinel is ideal in sunny beds and borders where it will create a striking feature tree. Perfect for pots on your patio, it's Incredibly easy to care for - prune to size just once a year in early spring, they are also totally winter hardy anywhere in the UK! The miniature fruits can be harvested to make your own delicious, home-made crab apple jelly! Whats more, this tree is perfect for nature lovers, as any fruit you don't pick will provide a plentiful source of food for wild birds. Bees and other beneficial insects will love the gorgeous blossom they will be helping to pollinate your whole mini-orchard! Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Supplied as a standard lollipop tree, 90cm tall (inc 3L pot) ready for planting out or potting on.
Taking a 'Champion' apple tree and expertly grafting three other varieties onto it has produced a single tree that carries four entirely different varieties of apple! Perfect if you're short on space, it means that you can grow a selection of delicious apples in a pot on your patio if you don't have room in the garden space for it. With wonderful blossom in the spring followed by masses of delicious fruit, this incredible tree has something to offer all year round. The apples will ripen at their natural time, giving a much longer cropping period than you'd have if growing just a one variety. 'Champion' a cross between 'Golden Delicious' and 'Cox's Orange Pippin' with extra-large, deep red, juicy and crisp fruit that keeps fresh for a long time. A wonderful eating apple and great for juicing. Ready to harvest in October. 'Elstar' is a versatile variety that is delicious and juicy eaten straight from the tree, this apple's honeyed sweetness balanced with slight acidity means it is also a great for cooking - superb in cakes, desserts and apple sauce! Producing medium-sized dessert apples, 'Elstar' are bursting with juicy flavour, ready from October to December. 'Pinova' lovely yellow skin flushed with orange and a good juicy balance between sweet and tart. Aromatic with crisp, firm flesh and great for eating and cooking, ripening from October and stores particularly well. 'Braeburn' is the UK's most popular eating apple variety by far! The crisp and juicy white-fleshed fruits have what is considered by most to be the perfect sweet/tangy flavour balance, literally providing a flavour explosion with every mouthful, providing gorgeous fruit from mid-October.
Grown to be the ideal size for growing in a pot on your patio, whilst still delivering a scrumptious crop of delicious apples, Patio 'Elstar' is an excellent choice if space is limited. A versatile variety that is delicious and juicy eaten straight from the tree and this apple's honeyed sweetness balanced with acidic notes means it is also a great choice for cooking - superb in cakes and desserts and makes a great apple sauce! Producing medium-sized dessert apples, greenish-yellow at the base and flushing to an attractive red at the top, 'Elstar' are satisfying to bite into, their lemon-white flesh being crunchy but not too crisp. And, of course, they are bursting with juicy flavour when it's time to pick them in October. By experty grafting to the M9 rootstock 20-30cm above soil level, we've been able to further restrict the already dwarfing habit to produce a wonderful yet productive patio tree. 'Elstar' is self-sterile, to it'll another apple tree nearby to pollinate it, either in your own garden or someone else's - not a problem with so many people now growing their own fruit and vegetables! Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, harvesting for many years to come. Supplied as an established tree, 90-110cm (3ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 5L pot, growing to a height and spread of 1.5m (5ft).
The perfect size for growing on your patio, whilst still delivering an excellent harvest, and if you're looking for really big, juicy apples, then Patio 'Jonagold' is the variety for you! An attractive garden tree in its own right, white spring flowers give way to huge fruit in October. The apples are yellow with bold, bright red smudges that can sometimes spread to cover most of the skin, and being fabulously juicy with a deliciously sweet flavour and a crisp crunch these are a real treat. They are perfect picked straight from the tree for snacking but this versatile apple is also ideal for cooking, making tasty desserts. By experty grafting to the M9 rootstock 20-30cm above soil level, we've been able to further restrict the already dwarfing habit to produce a wonderful yet productive patio tree. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, harvesting for many years to come. 'Jonagold' is a cross between apples 'Jonathan' and 'Golden Delicious', and is a 'triploid' variety, meaning that it has three sets of chromosomes instead of the usual two. Tiploid varieties are sterile, so they can't pollinate themselves or other apple trees. They need other trees nearby to pollinate them, not an issue if you grow more than one apple in you garden, or if a nearby neighbour does! Supplied as an established tree, 90-110cm (3ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 18cm pot, growing to a height and spread of 1.5m (5ft).