Complete 6 Tree Mini Orchard
- Pick your own bumper crop of scrumptious mouth-watering fruit from your own ‘home grown’ mini-orchard.
- Grown in your garden, patio or balcony for less than 1p per lb for life!
- A selection of the UK’s most popular, award-winning varieties.
- Self-fertile trees so you’re guaranteed a crop without worrying about pollinating groups!
- Supplied as 6 bare root trees, one of each variety, ready for planting out now.
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An absolutely cracking collection of fruit trees to make your own mini orchard!
Now you too can pick crops of premium variety eating apples, cherries, apricots, pears and plums direct from your very own ‘Mini-Orchard’ - from as early as next summer! At just a fraction of normal prices, our “commercial grower” quality trees are supplied bare root and are ready to plant now - quickly establishing and cropping exceedingly well.
Their ‘dwarf’ roots restrict height, so you can pick your crops with no need for ladders! All are self-fertile, so your crops are guaranteed and all they need is a small sunny space in your garden, patio pots, or even a balcony.
You'll receive 6 trees, one each of the following varieties:
Braeburn Apple Tree
The UK's most popular eating apple variety by far that will easily grow and flourish in your garden!
Gorgeous fruit will be ready to pick fresh from your tree by mid-October each season.
Will grow to approx. 2m (6-7 ft) in 10 years.
'Victoria' Plum Tree AGM
Britain's best-loved and most popular award-winning garden plum variety.
Sumptuous yellow-fleshed red-skinned fruits in late Summer, heavy crops once established.
Grows to no more than 3.5-4m (11-12ft) tall.
'Conference' Pear Tree AGM
Britain's best-loved and most recognised Pear fruit tree variety, well suited to UK growing.
Easy to grow for fresh, juicy pears in September and October, without needing much space.
Grows 3-3.5m (10-11ft) in around 10 years.
'Stella' Cherry Tree AGM
If you only have space to grow one fruit tree, grow this one and get lovely blossom and sweet juicy cherries.
The UK's favourite sweet cherry with bumper crops of super sweet, plump, juicy and aromatic fruit
Eventual height 3m (10ft).
'Bramley' Apple tree
Considered the King of Cooking Apples by respected chefs and professional fruit growers!
Bramley is a heavy cropper once established with high quality fruits that last well when stored.
Will grow to approx. 2m (6-7 ft) in 10 years.
Apricot 'Early Moorpark'
An apricot tree that will grow and thrive in UK conditions, cropping reliably year after year and producing deliciously flavoured, aromatic bright yellow fruits.
The fragrant light-pink blossom appears in early spring before the leaves start growing, making a beautiful display.
Will grow to approx. 2m (6-7 ft) in 10 years
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Top Tips
On receipt, soak the roots in water for at least two hours (overnight is better). If you can't plant straight away, they should be fine for up to a week if left in a cool, dark, frost-free place - keep the bag around the roots with some water inside. Don't worry if the roots have been cut quite harshly - this is done to encourage the plant to grow.
Care Information
- Select an appropriate spot for your plants, making sure that you give them enough space to grow to their full size.
- Dig a hole twice the width of the roots, forking over the bottom to loosen the soil, and add some good quality fertiliser such as Blood Fish & Bone (wash your hands afterwards!).
- Aim to plant at the same depth as the soil mark on the trunk.
- Holding the tree or plant upright in position with one hand, slowly backfill the hole with soil, and gently shake the plant, so the soil falls back around the roots.
- Use your heel to compact the soil around the plant to ensure good contact around the roots.
- If you're planting into pots, place some old rocks, stones or gravel in the bottom of the pot for drainage and ballast.
- Use the best compost you can buy - our Premium Professional Compost mix is particularly good - and some sand or grit to aid drainage.
- You are again aiming to plant to the depth of the soil mark.
- Firm down as you fill and press down hard with your heel when the pot is full.
- Add a tree stake and ties
- Water the plants weekly - especially in dry weather - for the first 8 weeks or so.
- When the soil and air warm up from late March onwards, you should see the plant burst into life.Do not allow plants to dry out in the first four months after planting.
- Once established for one season, they will become much more tolerant to a lack of water, as the root system develops.
- Prune to remove any broken, diseased or crossing branches in late autumn or winter once the plants are well-established to control size.
- Prune established trees in summer using good quality secateurs (we highly recommend our exclusive Fieldhaus ones), removing weak shoots, and cutting out those that cross over each other, to create an evenly spaced bowl shape.
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Fully Grown Plant Dimensions (approx)
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