Amazing but true, now you can grow apples, pears and plum on the same tree! Expert grafting has produced a single tree that carries these three entirely different fruits! Perfect if you're short on space, it means that you can grow a range of delicious fruit in a container on the patio if you don't have the garden space for it, with both spring blossom and fruit, 'Elstar' Apple is a versatile variety that is delicious and juicy eaten straight from the tree, this apple's honeyed sweetness balanced 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. 'Conference' Pear The most popular pear in Britain because of its outstanding flavour, producing a large crop of fruits with clear white flesh that are ready to pick each September. The long, tapering pears are packed with an irresistible sweetness. 'Opal' Plum Possibly the tastiest plum of all, medium sized, incredibly juicy fruit. Great for making jams and crumble or eating straight from the tree. Ready from July, they look fabulous ripening on the tree with purple, red and yellow skins Supplied in a 31cm pot, ready to plant.
'Morello' Cherry is often referred to as 'The Cooking Cherry' because it is the variety most frequently used for making the delicious fragrant pies and jams we all know and love! The fruits are packed with juice and the skin colour is dark red. It is one of the most reliable croppers of all the sour cherries because it is self-ertile, late flowering and so less susceptible to frost damage, plus it is incredibly disease resistant a real winner for any garden! 'Morello' Cherry is also a great tree to grow on a north-facing wall because even in a cooler position with low light levels it will still grow and thrive and fruit as normal you can usually expect to pick the fruits from late August onwards.
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 into one that is perfectly ripe! Because of its outstanding flavour, it remains the most popular pear grown in Britain by a long measure, both in commercial orchards and home gardens. It is ideal for you to grow because it is very heavy cropping and when picked unripe, it is great for keeping for 2 or more months. 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. Supplied as an established tree, 150cm (5ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 24cm pot, growing to a height and spread of 2.5m (8ft).
This delicious pear produces excellent crops of large, aromatic, rounded fruit with delicious, soft white flesh and a mild flavour that literally melts in your mouth, ready to pick from October each year. Each one is wonderfully sweet and juicy. With its lovely rustic looking, green pears tinged in reddish brown, 'Beurre Alexander Lucas' is great variety to grow, heavy cropping and fantastic eaten raw and also in cooking. Supplied as an established tree, 150cm (5ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 24cm pot, growing to a height and spread of 2.5m (8ft).
One of the main cooking ingredients in Asian dishes, The Kaffir or Thai lime, Citrus hystrixand makes an attractive plant with its fragrant, glossy green leaves and powerfully perfumed blooms. Picking the leaves every few weeks may help encourage growth and crushing the leaves will release the fragrant oils and an intense citrus aroma. The leaves can be used fresh off the tree, dried or even frozen to retain their intensity. Naturally compact, the Kaffir lime tree is a little smaller than other citrus plants, reaching just 150cm (5ft) tall with a bushier top, but is easily kept as a small plant for continual harvesting of leaves. Mature plants may also produce fruits, which are little knobbly powerhouses of flavour as the Kaffir lime peel is loaded with fragrant citrus oil, which gives a pleasant tingle when eaten. Easy to grow, they just require a slightly higher winter temperature than another citrus, ideally above 12ºC (54ºF). During the summer, plants benefit from spending time outside in a well-draining container on your patio, decking or balcony, and then brought back under cover before the first frosts of winter. Alternatively, you can grow the Kaffir lime in a well-lit conservatory, a bright room, or a heated greenhouse. Supplied in a 12cm pot. It flowers from May to August, but both blooms and fruit (when produced) can be on the tree at any time of the year.
The perfect Patio Pear tree for growing in large pots or small gardens, where space is a premium. Part of the world-leading Zaiger range of self-fertile and dwarf patio fruit trees, the dark green and juicy fruits of Garden Pearl will delight. It really is like an orchard pear tree in miniature, except for the size of crop and size of fruits! Being very slow growing it will barely reach 1.2M (4ft) in 10 years or so. Self-fertile, so very easy to grow, it produces lovely pure white blossom displays in April, followed by luscious juicy pears in late Summer. One of the easiest of all patio fruit trees to grow, it is definiteley one for the shortlist.
Now everyone can grow fruit trees in the minimum of space! These incredible duo fruit trees have been meticulously grafted by highly skilled nurserymen to yield 2 different pear varieties growing on one rootstock! What's more, the rootstocks are dwarfing, meaning that your trees will always remain compact! They are perfect for anyone who loves the idea of picking their own home-grown fresh fruit, but has limited space. Each of the varieties will produce bumper crops of delicious, full-sized fruit. Because they are already trained into a V shape, they are perfect for growing up a wall or fence. 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 into a ripe one! Because of its outstanding flavour, it remains the most popular pear grown in Britain by a long measure, both in commercial orchards and home gardens. It is perfect for you to grow because it is very heavy cropping and when picked unripe, is great for keeping for 2 or more months. Crops: September-October Concorde Pear - This scrumptious pear variety produces large crops of elegant, tapering fruits with white flesh that are ready to pick from September each year. Each one is packed with an incredibly sweet, irresistible juice - delicious when eaten straight from the tree! Try to save some for later, though, as they will make wonderful desserts for your Christmas parties. Concorde is perfect for gardeners to grow because it is very heavy cropping and will keep for over two months when picked unripe. Crops: September-October
If you love pears but only have room for one fruit tree, here is the perfect solution, as this tree has three different varieties growing on the same plant. It's not a freak of nature but the result of skilful grafting work by expert nurserymen who have grafted 2 additional varieties onto another pear tree. By careful selection of varieties you can be sure all three parts of the tree will grow in harmony and the fruits will ripen at their natural time, giving a succession of tasty fruits across a much wider cropping window than if just one variety were grown. No need to worry about pollination either, as the three varieties on the tree will pollinate each other! Your Family pear tree will thrive in a sunny border and, far from being just a curiosity, will mature into a highly productive tree. You can expect the first crop as soon as the year after planting. This is also the perfect fruit tree for a large pot on the patio. The main tree is Williams - a classic English pear with meltingly juicy flesh that is ready in mid-September. Onto this have been grafted: Conference - the perfect all-rounder. Elongated fruit are ready to pick in October for ripening through autumn. Deliciously sweet when ripe, they are also the perfect cooking pear. Abbe Fetel - not a familar name perhaps, but widely seen in shops, imported from Italy, where it is the favourite variety. It gives medium-sized pears with an aromatic, honeyed sweetness. Pick in October. Keep cool and bring the fruits in to ripen as needed through to Christmas. Supplied as a Three Variety Family Pear Tree, in a 3L pot, approx. 80-100cm tall including pot.
Named in honour of the much-loved Queen, 'Victoria' Plum is the UK's favourite plum variety by a mile and deservedly so! The delicious fruits are ready to pick each July and taste simply mouth-watering when eaten straight from the tree. With the remaining fruit you can make jams and preserves and of course, eat them stewed with custard! Having been discovered in Alderton, Sussex in 1844 and grown and enjoyed by gardeners every year since, 'Victoria' really has stood the test of time - undoubtedly because of its sublime flavour and productivity - a fully established tree of this 'self-fertile' variety will produce up to 100lbs of fruit in a bumper season! Supplied on a 'dwarfing' rootstock. Fruits are ready to pick each July and taste simply mouth-watering straight from the tree. A fully established tree of this self-fertile variety will produce up to 100lbs of fruit in a bumper season!
What could be better than growing your own apricots right outside your patio door? Our dwarf patio apricot has been grown especially that in mind. In spring, as early as March, beautifully scented pale pink blossom appears, filling the air with fragrance. As summer arrives, wonderful orange splashed, sunshine yellow apricots being to form, growing larger until they're finally ready to pick in August, and being self-fertile, there doesn't need to be another apricot tree nearby to pollinate it. However, you can increase your crop my hand-pollinating. Growing on a dwarfing rootstock, this deciduous tree is the perfect size for growing in a large pot on the patio, and it can be trained against a wall too - south facing is best so that the tree receives maximum sunlight. Although hardy, choose the warmest place you can for growing your apricot, sheltered from cold winds and you'll be rewarded with an excellent crop of firm, juicy fruit. As they flower early in the spring, you may need to cover the blossom with fleece if a frost is expected, otherwise your crop will be reduced. Perfect for snacking, picked fresh and juicy straight from the tree, and ideal for adding to fruit salads, making jam and cooking into tasty puddings. Supplied as an established tree in a 21cm pot, 1-1.25 (3-4ft) tall and growing to a height and spread of 2m (6½) in 10 years, dependent on pruning.
'Sunburst' is a good sweet cherry tree variety that performs well in the UK, producing dark red cherries in July, a week or so earlier than Stella. Not as vigorous as Stella, so more easy to manage. Self-fertile, a good all round garden cherry tree.
Easily one of the best peaches that can be grown in the UK, 'Peregrine' is robust and hardy, producing plenty of delicious fruit, fresh from your own garden. Fragrant, deep pink spring flowers are followed by large, crimson flushed orange and yellow peaches that have wonderfully juicy, white flesh. Ready to pick from August, 'Peregrine' produces a prolific crop and as it's self-fertile, there's no need for a pollinating partner. The flesh comes away from the stone easily, making this a perfect peach for eating straight from the tree, where its outstanding juiciness will make your mouth water. It's also excellent for making jam or in pies, tarts and crumbles or for drying. Grown on dwarfing rootstock, 'Peregrine' is a deciduous tree, happy growing in the ground in full sun, sheltered from cold winds. It also looks fantastic in a pot and makes a great ornamental tree. Hardy, slow growing and easy to care for, you just need to provide protection from late frosts that could damage the blossom by covering with fleece. 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, and pick delicious peaches for years to come. 'Peregrine' is also recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', with its flowers providing a valuable early food source for bees and butterflies as they emerge after the winter. Supplied as an established tree in a 7.5L pot, 1.6-1.8m (5-6ft) tall and growing to a height of 4m (13ft) and spread of 3m (10ft) in 10 years.
Medlars are a somewhat old-fashioned fruit in today's supermarket world, but are a spectacular and rewarding specimen tree. A fabulous Spring blossoming tree, it produces gorgeous pink blossom, and in late Autumn unusual fruits, not exactly a thing of beauty, and which are tart if eaten from the tree, but sweeten beautifully if picked and ripened for a few weeks, and can keep for Months in cool and dry conditions. They then make excellent jellies, as well as cooking well in mixed fruit pies and puddings though, fresh from the trees. Something really different, yet easy for the productive orchard garden!
'Flavortop' is an extremely vigorous, heavy cropping nectarine that produces large fruit with an exceptionally good flavour. As early as February, beautiful fragrant pink flowers open, followed in summer by gorgeous looking nectarines that have smooth, red skins and deliciously sweet and juicy golden yellow flesh. Although 'Flavortop' is hardy outdoors in the UK, the blossom is susceptible to damage from frost, particularly as it begins to flower so early in the spring. For this reason, we recommend that you grow it in a large pot so that it can be overwintered under cover before moving outside and brought back indoors if a frost is expected. 'Flavortop' will bear good crops in its first two or three years, but after that you can expect much larger harvests as the tree matures, and as it's self-fertile too, although you can increase yields but hand-pollinating the flowers. Very similar in taste and texture to peaches, but without the furry skin, nectarines are delicious eaten fresh from the tree, as well as cooked in tasty desserts, and the flesh of 'Flavortop' falls away from the stone easily and cleanly, making them simple to prepare. Supplied as an established tree in a 7.5L pot, 1.6-1.8m (5-6ft) tall and growing to a height of 3m (10ft) and spread of 2m (6½ft) in 5 years.
Here's a superb sweet cherry that's been specially raised for patio growing. Little Stella 'Lapins' hails from Canada and is considered to be an improved Stella which is one of its parents. This selection is a naturally compact form and is also grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock so will give a shortish, easily controlled tree in a large pot or planter.You'll get a super crop of shiny dark red, deliciously sweet, cherries the largest often reaching an inch or more across! It's a complete luxury to eat them at their best, fresh from the tree when warmed by the sun! 'Lapins' is easy to grow, resistant to cracking and is self-fertile and totally hardy in the UK. And remember you'll have a beautiful display of fragrant cherry blossom in springtime too! Supplied as an established tree, 80-90 cm (2½-3 ft) tall grown on a dwarfing rootstock in a 4.5 L pot, growing to a height of 1.2 m (4 ft) and spread of 80 cm (2½ ft).
Popular on continental Europe and with Dutch origins, 'Tros Oranje' is widely regarded as one of the most attractive apricots available, and now you can grow it yourself in the UK. 'Tros Oranje' welcomes spring with a beautiful display of fragrant white flowers during April and May, attracting bees on other pollinators with their much needed early-season nectar. During summer, the incredibly attractive apricots begin to form, richly coloured with orange skins and a flush of red. Often earlier to ripen than other apricots and ready to pick from July, they are full or delicious juiciness and have an excellent flavour. Ideal for making deserts and jam or adding to fruit salad, and a real treat as a snack fresh from the tree. Grown on a dwarfing rootstock, this deciduous tree is the perfect size for growing in a large pot on the patio, and it can be trained against a south-facing wall as an espalier or fan, and as it's self-fertile, there doesn't need to be another apricot tree nearby to pollinate it. However, you can increase your crop my hand-pollinating. Although hardy, choose the warmest place you can for growing your apricot. Keep it sheltered from cold winds and you'll be rewarded with plenty of tasty, juicy fresh apricots. If frost is expected, you may need to cover the blossom with fleece to protect it. Supplied as an established tree in a 7.5L pot, 1.6-1.8m (5-6ft) tall and growing to a height of 3.5m (11½ft) and spread of 2.5m (8ft) in 10 years.
We are delighted to offer you the chance to grow the Nation's favourite fruit trees in your garden, on a balcony, terrace or patio. Thanks to recent breeding breakthroughs, we can now bring you plums and cherries on compact plants so that everyone can have a go at growing them!Grown on dwarfing rootstocks, Plum 'Victoria' and Cherry 'Athos' will both produce a heavy crop of fruits in the summer - all at a height that's convenient for you.Easy to grow and very productive, you can be assured a great crop of tasty fruits as both are self-pollinating - so even the newest of gardeners will get success! Cherry AthosThe delicious fruits are super sweet and have an old fashioned mouth-watering aromatic flavour - each totally winter hardy bush will produce up to 5kg (approx. 12lb) of fruit per year once fully established.Because it grows in a naturally dwarf BUSH habit and on its own roots, (rather than as a tall grafted tree) you can pick your heavy crop of tasty cherries from each branch, easily and from the safety ground level every summer ... from early July here in the UK - no 'Cherry Pickers' required!Athos is perfect for any garden and is even suitable to grow in a large pot - it could even be grown as the ultimate productive hedge! Plum 'Little Vic'Clever fruit tree grower Will Sibley has teamed the ever-popular best-selling 'Victoria' with a very dwarfing and compact new VVA1 rootstock, which removes most of the vigour that can sometimes be the downfall of Plums. It's like someone has shrunk the tree yet kept the fruit the same - just as big and juicy as the normal variety. It still produces lovely pure white spring blossom displays, and is self-fertile, so no other plums needed for fruit - just the bees that need to do their thing!Perfect in large patio pots (minimum 30cm diameter) for 5 years or so, it produces big, juicy crops of classic red Victoria plums, yet stays small, manageable and perfect for everyone.
One of the best Peaches for small gardens, Peach Patio is a real winner for several seasons a year. Kicking off with a beautiful display of pink blossom in Spring, it is self-fertile so will produce crops of sumptuous juicy red peaches, with a deep yellow flesh. Sweet in taste, it really is Perfection in Peaches, and performs really well in the UK. As with all peaches in our wetter UK Spring, best results can be obtained by helping pollinate the tree by using a simple soft artist's paintbrush, and rubbing it from flower to flower when it in blossom. They blossom early, and there aren't always enough bees on the move at that time of year. Also, keep foliage dry in Spring to avoid Peach leaf Curl - under a canopy is fine. You will be rewarded with amazing crops of juicy, peaches - they just taste sublime picked warm from the sun on their backs, straight from the tree. Supplied as an established 100-125cm tall tree grown on a dwarfing rootstock in a 21cm pot, ready to plant, reaching a height and spread of 2m (6½ft).
Perfect for pruning roses, shrubs and trees, these secateurs are garden tools that no gardener can be without! Manufactured to the highest standards, with hard wearing but lightweight die-cast aluminium handles and precision-engineered, Teflon coated carbon steel blades, these brilliant secateurs will cut through stems and branches effortlessly. They are spring loaded for ease of use and have easy to grip rubber handles for comfort. They have a locking mechanism for safe storage and handling. Please note: It is an offence to sell knives and other cutting tools to persons under the age of 18. By ordering this item, you are declaring that you are at least 18 years of age.
Just the thing for growing something a little larger than usual, these top quality, Italian made pots are perfect for growing patio fruit trees and other trees and shrubs and look wonderful when they're packed full of spectacular summer flowers. They're great for growing strawberries too, and they're just the right size for growing wigwams of peas and beans. They're also ideal for growing potatoes and other root vegetables - so versatile, all around the garden. The pots have strong grab handles on either side, which make them easy to move around safely whenever you need to do so. They also have pre-formed drainage holes on the bottom and side to ensure your plants will never become waterlogged because any excess water can freely drain away. Made from UV stable, frost resistant plastic, they are extremely robust and will last for up to 10 years. They are frequently used by professional growers for raising trees and shubs - which shows just how good they are! Supplied as a set of 3 heavy duty pots, 40cm (16in) diameter, 37cm (14½in) tall, 27.94cm (11in) diameter base, with a 30L capacity.