Dwarf fruit trees of apple, pear, cherry and plum varieties are extremely easy to grow even on your patio.
Quick Tips
Healthy plants will produce an abundance of fruit from next summer.
Choose a large, deepish plant pot or container.
Keep them well watered when young to help them get established.
They require very little training or pruning and will be laden with delicious fruit on a single stem.

Dwarf Anna Apple tree by John A. Chartier ‘Anna apple is an Israeli cultivar, a cross between a Red Hadasa from Lebanon and a Golden Delicious apple ….it is a real tasty apple, makes great pies.’ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Due to their upright nature and the fact that they can be grown approx 40-70cm apart, these fruit trees are ideal for the patio or as a centre piece in a small garden. There is quite a range of fruit trees available with prices start at about £15.

Pot grown apple trees can be planted all year round. Enjoy the crunchy, mouth-watering sweet, and tart flavours of your fresh picked Gala and Golden Delicious apples.
Gala apples are praised for their shiny red skin and crisp, sweet flesh. Golden delicious prove to be the more common choice because of their beautiful colour and sweet taste – perfect for salads, apple sauce and apple butter. Both Gala and Golden Delicious apples should be harvested in October.

Jersey Plants Direct offer a pair of pears Conference and Doyenne du Comice Pear trees. Conference pear trees produce a juicy narrow fruit with firm flesh and are extremely popular because they are reliable under less than desirable conditions, which makes them perfect for the English climate. Doyenne du Comice are known for their brilliant texture and outstanding taste. Conference pears should be harvested in late September and Doyenne du Comice pears in mid October, both will produce a fantastic crop year after year.

If you are looking for something a little more unusual, take a look at our Plum and Cherry tree combination.

The varieties are the sweet tasting Cherry Helena and Plum Black Amber. Cherry Helena should be harvested in July and Plum Black Amber in August.

Saving money is just one of the fantastic benefits to growing your own fruit. Don’t forget that by growing your own you are in complete control of how you grow your fruit so know exactly what you’re getting. No chemicals or sprays, you can enjoy your healthy fruit for years to come. Growing your own fruit is also extremely beneficial for the environment; fruit filters the air, conditions the soil and attracts pollinators into your garden.

Snow White and the seven dwarfs – Hessen – Germany – Bergfreiheit – Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge by Ela2007 CC BY-NC-ND 2.0