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Quick Fruit Trees Help
Looking to buy fruit trees online in the UK? We have fruit trees for sale that are suitable for most small gardens, patios or larger spaces. Below is our quick help guide.
Self Fertile Fruit Trees (easiest option)
You can plant just one, and it will produce fruit. A non self-fertile fruit tree requires another tree of the same type nearby e.g two apple trees but different varieties. See pollination partners.
Easy Fruit Trees To Grow in The UK
The easiest are usually plums, damsons, self-fertile cherries and self-fertile apples. Pears, apricots, peaches and nectarines are more sun lovers so not as easy.
Buying Plum Trees Online?
The easiest plum trees are usually self-fertile, potted, and on St Julien A rootstock (about 3.5m tall at maturity).
Buying Damson Trees Online?
The easiest damson trees are usually self-fertile, potted, and on St Julien A rootstock (about 3.5m tall at maturity).
Buying Cherry Trees Online?
The easiest cherry trees are usually self-fertile, potted, and on Colt rootstock (about 3.5m tall at maturity).
Buying Apple Trees Online?
For the easiest option, buy apple trees that are self-fertile, potted, and on M26 rootstock (about 3m tall at maturity). MM106 is also a good option if you want a larger tree of 3.5m+
Buying Pear Trees Online?
The easiest pear trees are usually self-fertile, potted, and on Quince A rootstock (about 3.5m tall at maturity).
Particularly bad for apricots, peaches and nectarines. The main frost risk usually tails off through May. Frost generally passes early May in London and the south west, mid-May in the south of England, late May in much of England and Wales, and June in Scotland.
Exposed windy sites
For example, coastal sites and hilltops. Wind can reduce fruit yield, even with self-fertile trees. If it is too windy for bees and other pollinators at flowering time, it is not a good site.
Waterlogged or poorly drained soil
Worst for apricot, peach, nectarine and cherry. Better options for less-than-ideal sites are plum, gage, damson, then pear.
Too much shade
Bad for most fruit trees, but sour cherries and some early cooking apples cope better. Anything more than half a day of shade will cause issues.
Very acid soil
Most fruit trees prefer slightly acid to neutral soil, around pH 6 to 6.5. Apples and pears are among the least happy on very acid soil.
Shallow chalk soil
Not great for apples and pears. Plum, gage and damson are usually better choices.
Bare Root Fruit Trees
These come November to March only with no soil around the roots. Slightly more room for failure for the novice but cheaper. See bare root fruit trees.
Potted Fruit Trees
Available to buy and plant all year round except when the ground is frozen. Usually the easier option for novice fruit tree buyers. Browse potted fruit trees.
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Why Buy Trees From Trees Online?
Lots of reasons which include, limited FREE TREE WARRANTY, mostly free delivery, bulk tree order discounts, we need your business due to mortgage addiction, and you are here now, finding another tree website is just hassle.
All Year Round Planting
You can plant our containerised trees (minus the pot of course...yes we get asked) all year round. Bare root trees come without a pot or soil surrounding the roots, and they can only be planted from November to March, sometimes early April, depending on the weather
Delivery Timescales
Cell-grown plants 20-60cm up to 7 working days on average. Fruit and Ornamental trees are 5-15 working days. Mature Trees are 15-25 working days on average. Busy times such as Spring and Autumn can extend delivery times and if the couriers ration capacity (e.g. Covid lockdown) for larger boxes it can be a lot longer. You do not need to be at home for your order to be delivered.
Specific Tree Requirements
Should you have specific tree requirements or questions you are welcome to email us here for an answer from the tree consultant.
FREE UK MAINLAND DELIVERY *except Scottish Highlands
All addresses in zone 1 (except Isle of Wight) are free delivery, Zone 2 and 3 attract a surcharge. Click here for a map and explanations of which postcodes belong to which zones. Call us on 0800 043 1057 (+44 1623 812 711) or click here to email, for surcharge costs.
Brexit Update
We now cannot send trees to Northern Ireland, EU OR Channel Islands (except 20-60cm trees).
If you would like trees delivered to the EU, please organise another referendum.
