Fruit Trees
Our fruit trees start their lives on a farm in the foothills of the South Downs, carefully nurtured by a family of specialist growers with over a century’s experience. Here our range is constantly tested and refined for quality and performance, and each tree expertly grown in the most natural conditions.
The young trees are then gently packed in sustainable packaging so that you can be confident of a strong and healthy tree that will thrive in its new home, with the smallest possible carbon plantprint.
Fruit trees are low maintenance, beautiful to look at (that blossom!), long lived - many can grow for over 100 years - and economical. If one apple tree can produce up to 500 apples in a season, imagine what you will save over the years. Growing your own is sustainable, healthy and so rewarding.
In our exciting range, you’ll find the pick of the best and most flavoursome Cherries, Pears, Peaches and Plums as well as hard-to-find heritage varieties and unusual fruits including Quince, Mulberries, Medlars and Figs. Whether you’re looking for a large orchard tree, a compact column or a patio tree, you’re sure to find the perfect fruit tree for you.
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Know what you're looking for? Click below to browse through our entire range of over fifty gorgeous fruit varieties. Or find inspiration below, as we walk you through a virtual orchard of our favourite fruit trees.
Fruit tree starter packs
Your orchard shortcut
- Sweet and juicy fruits
- Grow these compact trees in any size garden
- Eat fresh or make into jams
- Harvest from July to September
Harvest straight from the patio
- Handpicked by our team for easy growing
- Compact plants for pots and small gardens
- Delicious varieties for eating fresh
- Pick fruit from July to September
Tight space? No problem
- Chosen for outstanding flavour
- Reliable and easy to grow
- Compact varieties suitable for pots
- Pick fruit from July to September
The nation's favourites
Eating, cooking or dual-purpose varieties - easy to grow in pots or in soil
Naturally compact with beautiful blossom, for eating or cooking
Sweet and juicy for eating or baking, plums are very hardy and crop well
A taste of the Mediterranean
Rich, soft fruits on a lush-leaved tree with a mediterranean vibe. Perfect for pots
Grow juicy lemons, limes and oranges in greenhouses or warmer zones
Delicate, delicious and surprisingly easy to grow in warmer areas or under glass
Expand your orchard
Sweet, aromatic peaches with dwarf varieties that will thrive in pots
Hardy and reliable with stunning blossom - so much tastier than shop bought
For bushes, canes, vines and more, explore our range of delicious soft fruits
Our favourite fruit trees
Plums fit for a queen
- The iconic plum with a superb flavour
- Damp, cold or partial shade? No problem
- Makes the perfect plum frangipane
- Harvest from late August onwards
By far the best fig for the UK
- Boasts a traditional, sweet figgy taste
- Fully hardy and well-suited to the UK climate
- Caramelise and serve with balsamic vinegar
- Pick in August and September
Improved version of 'Braeburn'
- Fresh, aromatic taste (eating)
- Lovely and low maintenance
- Bite into fresh and savour the fab flavour!
- Harvest from October to early November
The Easiest Fruit Trees to Grow in the UK
Kick start your orchard with our guide to the easiest fruit trees to grow. Low maintenance, hardy and disease resistant!
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