Fruit and Harvest

A fruit tree is one of those garden decisions you'll quietly congratulate yourself on for decades. Plant one well and it will reward you every year — with varieties you'd never find shrink-wrapped in a supermarket — and look absolutely beautiful into the bargain: frothy with blossom in spring, then richly laden come autumn.

Our range covers apples (dessert and culinary), pears, plums, damsons, gages, sweet and acid cherries, quinces, medlars and mulberries — a line-up to make any kitchen gardener go a bit misty-eyed. Most are available bareroot through winter, which is the most economical way to buy, or pot-grown if you'd rather plant year-round. Trained forms — espalier, fan, cordon, step-over — mean there's really no excuse, even against a north-facing fence or in the tightest of courtyards. Every variety comes with pollination group information, and if you need help working out what goes with what, we love that sort of question.