Fruit Trees

Looking at buying a fruit tree? It's one of the best moves you'll ever make. Not only will they eventually provide a bountiful harvest for your family, fruit trees also do a great environmental service by providing food and habitat for essential pollinators. In addition, they look stunning! But to make them as productive as possible, you need to know...

Temperate gardeners already grow subtropical fruiting plants such as lemons, oranges and passionfruit. Don’t stop there. Several other fruits, which in the past were seen as unsuited to temperate gardens such those in Sydney, can be grown successfully. It’s time to add avocados and even mangos to your productive garden. We can now grow these delicious fruits in cooler zones...

Your citrus grove doesn’t need to stop at a lemon or lime. If you have lots of sunny, well-drained garden space available, citrus are both productive and ornamental.

Multigraft trees are a great alternative for small gardens where space is limited as several tree varieties have been grafted to each other. Granny Smith/Jonathan/Golden Delicious Apples Maturity: ‘Granny Smith’ Late season. ‘Jonathan’ Early to mid-season. ‘Golden Delicious’ Mid-season. Suggested Pollinators: Suitable cultivars for cross pollination have been grafted on to the one tree. Comments: Tree grows to 4 x 4m  ...