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Patio Fruit Tree Collection - Mini Fruit Tree - Cherry-Apple-Pear - Grow Your Own Fruit - 9cm Potted Plant x 3
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Picture your own miniature orchard right on your patio! These patio fruit trees are specially bred for their compact size, making them perfect for growing in largepatio containers. When containerised, they can reach a height of up to 1 meter (39 inches) and a spread of 45 centimeters (18 inches). They are supplied at a height of 30-40 centimeters in 9cm grow pots
Each collection includes 1 of each of the following:
Apple 'Golden Delicious' - Pollination Group 4 - Ideal for both cooking and eating, this easy-to-grow variety produces abundant, attractive golden-green apples that store well for an extended period after harvesting. Rootstock: M9.
Apple 'Gala' - Pollination Group 4 - A reliable cultivar known for its striking red-flushed fruits with a surprisingly sweet flavor when enjoyed straight from the tree. They also make delicious juice apples. Rootstock: M27.
Pear 'Conference' - Pollination Group 3/Self-Fertile - This famous pear variety, 'Conference,' is not only great for enjoying as a dessert pear but also shines when used in cooking. Its long bell-shaped fruits with firm flesh can be eaten when hard or fully ripe, offering a smooth and juicy flavor. Rootstock: Quince A.
Plum 'Black Amber' - Self-Fertile - A prolific plum tree that produces numerous rounded, firm purple fruits with delightfully juicy flesh. Rootstock: Ferlinane.
Cherry 'Sylvia' - Self-Fertile - This compact cherry tree is an excellent addition to your patio, especially in spring when it bursts into pale pink cherry blossoms that cover the branches beautifully. Rootstock: Gisella 6.
- Guarantee - 1 month
- Summer
- Pruning apple trees begins immediately after planting. Remove the central stem to just above the highest side branch. For the following 3 years, prune only the tips of the remaining main branches by one third in winter. Aim for about six main branches which will form the frame of your tree, with fruiting sub branches growing off of them. From the fourth year, some sub branches can be pruned out at the union where they join the main branch, to allow new sub branches to take their place. In order to produce the best quality, largest apples, the fruits should be thinned in July leaving two apples remaining per cluster.
Features and benefits
- Grow your own mini fruit orchard right on your patio – filled with sweet apple, pear and cherry!
- Fresh fruit homegrown right at your fingertips, great for healthy snacks and all kinds of culinary use.
- Contains 1x of each variety: Apple Mini Yellow Golden; Cherry Mini Avium Sylvia; Pear Mini Conference
- Ideal for growing in patio containers
- Supplied as pot grown plants in 9cm grow pots
Specifications
| Attracts pollinators | Attracts pollinators |
|---|---|
| Culinary use | Eating & cooking |
| Edible | Edible |
| Eventual growth height range | 0.5-1.0m |
| Eventual growth spread | 45mm |
| Fruit colour | Green |
| Fruit type | Apple |
| Hardiness | H4 - Hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5°C) |
| Location for use | Garden |
| Soil type | Any type of soil |
| Product code | 5057554155743 |