Discover the Fruit Orchard collection from Thompson & Morgan, featuring two varieties of apple tree, a cherry tree, a pear tree and a plum tree. Enjoy delicious freshly-picked fruit for years to come by growing your own with this wonderful collection of fruit trees.
Delivered directly from Thompson & Morgans
- please allow 7 - 10 working days for delivery to UK Mainland, Highlands and Islands only, excluding Northern Ireland
Harvesting period:
- Apple Gala: September
- Apple Golden Delicious: September - November
- Cherry Sylvia and Plum Black Amber: July
- Pear Conference: October - November
- Plant position: full sun
- Soil type: well-drained
- Mature height: 1.5m - 3m (4ft 11" - 9ft 10")
Contains:
- 1 x Apple Gala (M27 Rootstock) (9cm pots) - a reliable cultivar that produces attractive, red-flushed fruits with a surprisingly sweet flavour, which make a delicious juicing apple
- 1 x Apple Golden Delicious (M9 Rootstock) (9cm pots) - a versatile garden variety for the warmer parts of the UK, which can be used both as a dessert and cooking apple. This easy-to-grow variety produces good yields of attractive golden-green apples that store well over a long period
- 1 x Cherry Sylvia (Gisella 5 Rootstock) (9cm pots) - a compact variety producing delicious sweet cherries. This dwarf cherry tree is perfect for the patio where it makes a great focal point in spring as white cherry blossom blooms
- 1 x Pear Conference (Quince C) (9cm pots) - the long bell shaped fruits with firm flesh can be eaten hard or fully ripe with a smooth juicy flavour
- 1 x Plum Black Amber (Ferlinane Rootstock) (9cm pots) - this heavy bearing patio plum produces plenty of rounded, firm purple fruits with a deliciously juicy texture. This variety has a complex sweet flavour that is superb when eaten straight from the tree
Cultural instructions:
- Plant patio fruit trees in 60cm (23.6") diameter containers using a good quality compost Alternatively plant them in any well drained soil in a sheltered sunny position
- Plant fruit trees at their original soil level, firm them into the ground and water well