If you love the taste of cherries, the classic sweet cherry aromatic flavour of Cherry ' Regina' is the perfect variety for you to grow in your garden. 'Regina' produces slightly flattened, dark-red fruit in June and July each year, following a beautiful show of pure-white blossom in spring. The deep-red flesh of these cherries tastes incredible! This top-quality, self-fertile tree is grown on dwarfing rootstock and will reliably produce bumper crops each year, remaining compact enough for even small gardens. A real garden winner.
If you only have space to grow one fruit tree, grow this one! 'Stella' cherry is self-fertile (which means it does not need a second variety of cherry tree to pollinate it) and is a really heavy, reliable cropper because it has good resistance to late frosts. Unlike most other sweet cherry varieties, it will thrive in slightly exposed locations but can also be grown in a pot on your patio. The sweetly flavoured, dark-skinned, plump and juicy aromatic fruits will be ready to pick from mid to late July each year. From the third growing season onwards, you can expect upwards of 5kg (11lb) of sweet fruits per tree, which will save a small fortune compared to paying supermarket prices! Additionally, the beautiful cherry blossom, which appears from early March, will brighten your garden and mark the beginning of spring. Our grower-quality, multi-branched trees have been grafted on to G5 rootstock to provide a compact and manageable habit, which in this case will reach approx. 2m (6-7ft) tall.
'Mirabelle de Nancy' is a cherry plum - a distinct plum fruit, and not a hybrid of cherry and plum. It produces masses of golden fruits, with gorgeous yellow flesh, and a sweet, very juicy distinctive peach-like taste and small stone. It tastes good eaten straight from the tree but is also fabulous for cooking with - just perfect for making plum cake and fruit crumbles! Popular in France, 'Mirabelle' makes a great addition to the fruit garden. They flower early and can be prone to early frosts, so plant in a sheltered, sunny spot if possible. The silver lining is that they fruit early too, from high summer into September. Grown on 'Pixy' rootstock, 'Mirabelle' retains a more upright habit, making it an ideal plum tree for smaller gardens. It will top out at 9-10ft within10 years, which makes for easy picking. It is self-fertile, too. Try one! Once tasted, Mirabelle plums are never forgotten. Supplied as an established plant approx. 90-110cm tall tree in a 5L pot, ready to plant out.
We've unearthed a little gem here for you - the perfect patio fruit tree for smaller gardens. In fact, its breeder, renowned British fruit grower Will Sibley, thinks it's the best patio fruit tree you can grow. Quinces have fallen out of favour - and perhaps out of flavour, too. Yet their sweet fruit make great jellies, jams and sauces, and they have the most beautiful pink blossom. Hardy and self-fertile, it really is an easy winner. This superb quince is destined to stay small, so works well in a big pot on the patio or terrace. The variety itself is naturally compact, and has been grafted onto a very dwarfing rootstock. Will found this little gem in the former Soviet Union! After 3 low-maintenance years, you should get up to 50 tennis ball-sized, sweet yellow fruit each summer, so dig out those traditional recipes and enjoy old-fashioned quinces once again.
We have unearthed something really different for you here- a most unusual patio fruit tree that is perfectf or smaller gardens. It's breeder, renowned British fruit grower Will Sibley, has been working on new and n ovel fruit trees for the British home gardener for years, and this is one of his latest discoveries. Medlars have been somewhat overlooked in the rush to grow fruit in the home garden. Yet their most unusual-looking fruit make great jellies, jams and sauces, and they have the most beautiful pure white blossom and attractive leathery green leaves in summer, too. Hardy and self-fertile, this variety is an easy winner. 'Sibley's Patio Medlar'is destined to stay small, so works well in a big pot on the patio or terrace, but make sure you water well in summer. It will also grow well in fertile garden soil in a sunny spot. The variety itself is naturally compact, and has been grafted onto a very dwarfing pear rootstock, so it will stay a manageable size and crop well for many years to come. After 4 low years, you should get up to 30 fruit each autumn. Medlars are not great eaten fresh from the tree. Leave on the tree as long as possible in November, but pick before the first frosts. Store for 2-3 weeks so the flesh softens brown, which is when they will be at their best to eat. Alternatively, they can be cooked straight after picking from the tree.
Introducing - the world's first truly compact 'Patio Green Gage' - now you can pick delicious crops of full sized fruits for decades to come, right from your patio or balcony! If you have ever tasted old-fashioned greengage fruits, which the French call 'Reine-Claudes', you will know how wonderfully tasty and juicy they are. In fact, some would say they are the tastiest fruits you can produce! Available now for the first time in specially developed compact 'Patio' form you can grow them as the perfect patio fruit tree for smaller gardens that can be accommodated in as little as 3ft x 3ft! Developed by renowned British fruit grower and 'Grafter' William Sibley, this is the marriage of the perfect dwarfing rootstock which ensures it never exceeds 4ft tall, with the truly scrumptious 'Reine-Claude' fruits!. Their sweet late-summer fruits are some of the most delicious you can grow - looking like an unripe plum perhaps, they are packed with an intense flavour not found in regular plum varieties. They are so well loved in gastronomic France, the arrival of the first picked fruits is a reason for celebration in many parts of the country! Best eaten fresh in our opinion, you can also cook with them to make great flavour-packed jellies, tarts, jams, and sauces. As garden trees, they are very good 'doers', meaning they are no-nonsense great performers.... They have the most beautiful spring blossom to kick off the year. A very hardy tree indeed, and partially self-fertile, you can increase crops by growing near peaches and nectarines, or using an artist's paintbrush from flower to flower when in blossom. You might get limited fruit in the year of receipt, but should expect bumper-crops in the second or third season after planting. This little beauty is destined to stay small, so works well in a big pot on the patio or terrace. The variety has been grafted onto a very dwarfing rootstock that was discovered by William Sibley in the former Soviet Union!! Grab yours while it's still in stock!
Never has there been a better time to Grow Your Own and reap the benefits of producing your own fresh, healthy food. Making use of home gardens has always been a sensible thing to do, but now more than ever with genetic modification, predicted supermarket shortages and environmental damage, produce picked and eaten from your own plot has never been a better idea! Identified in a Belgian fruit farm as being a dwarfing sport, 'Little Conference' was discarded by the commercial growers because it was too dwarfing for their use. However, it throws normal size fruits and by grafting onto medium vigour stock we have ensured that it stays robust. 'Conference' Pear produces a large crop of fruits with clear white flesh that are ready to pick each September. The long, tapering fruits are packed with an irresistible sweetness and lip-smacking juice that will drip from your chin when you bite in to a ripe one! Because of its outstanding flavour, it remains the most popular pear grown in Britain by a long measure and this patio pear is a really good variety and dead easy for any gardener who is staring out in growing Patio Fruit. 'Conference' is largely 'self-fertile' and will be supplied on a dwarfing rootstock. Expected height at 5 years 1.5m. Supplied as an established tree in a 4.5L pot, ready to plant out.
Morus 'Mojo Berry' is a new variety of dwarf mulberry that is covered with a profusion of pretty white blooms in May and June followed by a succession of succulent berries continuously from July until November, colouring from ruby red to glossy black. The 'Mojo Berry' (Morus rotundiloba) is a unique variety of mulberry, developed over many years, and we're delighted to be able to offer this unusual fruit tree to the home gardener, bringing the delights of the sweet, juicy berries to everyone! Winner of the Plant of the Year Award at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2017, this compact and robust fruit tree grows to a height of just 125cm and is perfect in your favourite pot on the patio, or to bring something a little different to a mixed border. Easy to grow, and the ideal fruit tree for beginner gardeners, 'Mojo Berry' is self-pollinating and fruits are produced on both new and old wood, even within the first year, so you are guaranteed lots of sweet, juicy berries - great to use for jam making, baking and in other dishes. Supplied as an established plant in a 5L pot, ready to be planted out.
Own something brand new and unusual the world's first ever Pinkberry and pick your own crop of delicious fruit each year from next season! From the blueberry family, these lovely fuchsia-pink coloured Superfruits are packed with healthy antioxidants and, best of all they are sweeter and juicier than regular blueberries. Put them into your summer puddings or eat them fresh from the bush with some ice cream scrumptious! Pink Blueberry 'Pink Lemonade' reliably bears fruit, and which is ready to eat in late-August each year. These incredible plants will even provide an explosion of fiery-orange coloured autumn foliage. They'll grow into a bush of about 90cm (3ft), and grow best in acidic or ericaceous soils, like all members of this family. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready to pot on or plant out.
This veritable superfood is believed to carry all manner of health benefits and is recommended by health experts and dietitians accordingly. Packed full of vitamins and minerals as well as antioxidants, they are not only really good for you, but they taste great too! Blueberries provide true season-long interest and will produce lightly fragrant, bell-shaped blossom in spring, followed by delicious fruits that form and colour up ready for picking from June. In autumn, you get a flash of seasonal colour as the foliage will provide a bright flourish of scarlet before falling for the winter. Easy to grow and look after, blueberries make brilliant patio plants and will grow perfectly in pots - do remember though to use ericaceous (acidic pH) compost though as all blueberries are intolerant of lime (alkaline soil). This early variety will provide a bumper harvest from June providing many pounds of fruit per season once fully established. You'll receive a large, established plant in a 3L pot, ready for immediate planting. Plants reach approx 1-1.5m (3-5ft).
This veritable superfood is believed to carry all manner of health benefits and is recommended by health experts and dietitians accordingly. Packed full of vitamins and minerals as well as antioxidants, they are not only really good for you, but they taste great too! Blueberries provide true season-long interest and will produce lightly fragrant, bell-shaped blossom in spring, followed by delicious fruits that form and colour up ready for picking from July. In autumn, you get a flash of seasonal colour as the foliage will provide a bright flourish of scarlet before falling for the winter. Easy to grow and look after, blueberries make brilliant patio plants and will grow perfectly in pots - do remember though to use ericaceous (acidic pH) compost though as all blueberries are intolerant of lime (alkaline soil). This mid-season variety will provide a bumper harvest from July providing many pounds of fruit per season once fully established. You'll receive a large, established plant in a 3L pot, ready for immediate planting. Plants reach approx 1-1.5m (3-5ft).
This fabulous mix of classic summer flowering geraniums will burst into colour in late spring, in a torrent of dazzling reds, pinks and white. they will light up your beds, borders and hanging baskets. Their neat, uniform habit means that the plants always look their best with their showy flowers and striking light and dark zoned foliage putting on a wonderful, cheerful show until the first frosts of autumn. Supplied as 20 garden ready plants.
These unbelievable petunias will bring your beds and baskets to life with their sumptuous, velvety flowers. Compact and easy to manage, they are brilliant for patio pots, or flower borders and the gorgeous mix of colours will look spectacular all summer long.
You'll absolutely love these vibrant, beautiful Petunias! With their incredible, double, Carnation-like blooms produced in wave after wave all summer long, this fantastic collection will truly bring your garden to life this summer. In a gorgeous range of pinks, purples, whites, reds and blues, your baskets and borders will be simply awash with colour! Incredibly large flowers, weather-resistant, and great value - what more could you want?!
One of the best and easiest compact growing Acers for smaller gardens, pots and patios, this gorgeous red foliaged small tree offers so much interest througout the year. The 'Dissectum' part of the name refers to the very feathery leaves, which emerge in early spring the most gorgeous burgundy red, and remain in deep colour all summer, turning redder still in autumn. A slow growing, spreading tree with the perfect balanced habit, it is great as a border specimen, or in a large pot, where it can remain for 10 years quite happily - and you can take it with you if you move house!. A great investment for any garden.
This delicate looking, lacy leaved Acer is a real garden classic. A compact and easily managed small tree, ideal for smaller garden borders as a specimen or in large pots and works especially well in modern style gardens too in metallic planters - a great urban garden plant. The leaves are very fine and lace-like emerge each spring a lovely lime green, which deepens slightly over summer, then in autumn, it turns the most amazing orange, a wonderful finale to it's growing season - falling dormant to repat it's virtuoso performance all over again year atter year. Reaching a maxmim of 7-8ft (2.2M) in 10 years, it's natural habit is slightly spreading, so has a large bonsai like style of growth. Great for oriental inspired themes. A real garden 'must-have' for low maintenance and style.
This gorgeous fine-leaved selection of weeping Maples makes a wonderful feature or specimen plant. Never taller than a small tree, it is slow growing, and makes a super focal point. And with this standard clear-stem form, you get extra height to show off the weeping habit to it's very best. Covered in lovely red feathery lace foliage from early Spring, which darkens to burgundy over Summer, and then finally a riot of bright orange red in Autumn before it falls. Grow in a large pot, or in a lawns as a feature plant, or in mixed borders - perfect both in modern, minimalist gardens, or more traditonal mixed settings. Adds a lovely textural and colourful feel, which will last many, many years.
Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise' is a compact, deciduous shrub with a loosely-rounded habit, grown primarily for its decorative leaves - although winged red fruits develop in late summer and can be seen swirling to the ground as they ripen in autumn The palm-shaped leaves are sharply-toothed and emerge bright-red when young, maturing to a fresh yellow-green before turning orange and red in the autumn - making a colourful kaleidoscope of colour in the garden. 'Moonrise' is ideally suited as a focal point in your garden and is especially useful to illuminate a partially shaded border. Said to be more resistant to leaf scorch than other acers, we do recommend that you provide some shelter so that you can enjoy the striking foliage at its best. Please note that the decorative pot shown in the images is not supplied.
Acer palmatum ' Extravaganza ' is a Japanese maple with beautiful purple-red leaves that have distinctive broad white and pink stripes. They give the plant a striking appearance, taking on a triple-coloured cloak of foliage that will light up dull areas of the garden. Then, in autumn, the leaves turn to red before falling in an inferno of vibrant colour. With beautiful, filigree leaves and a gently spreading habit, this Japanese Maple is a slow growing shrub that reaches just 150-170cm (60-67in), it's the perfect specimen for containers on the decking, patio or balcony and for those of us with smaller gardens and its easy to grow too, so there's no excuse for anyone not to give it a go! Best planted in semi-shade for the best leaf colour, Extravaganza will tolerate sun as long as it's not direct, bringing an air of peace and tranquillity to wherever it is planted. Fully winter hardy, it's the ultimate in low maintenance plants, needing very little in the way of pruning except to remove any damaged or dying branches. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, ready for planting out. Grows to 150-170cm (60-67in), plants are dormant in winter, so no leaves from approx. October until March.
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.