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Acer 'Royal Red' is an upright, medium-sized, fast growing tree. Lime green flowers tinged red appear in April followed by large intense purple foliage which turn bright orange-brown during the autumn. Size: MediumDeciduousAcer Growing Tips: Open space plantingVery easy to grow in a wide range of well-drained soils. They prefer partial shade to protect the leaves from scorch. A sheltered area away from strong winds is preferred.They tend to do well in ericaceous soil, can tolerate chalk. Needs to be well-drained.Height and Spread (after 10 years) : 6m x 3mPicture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot. -
Acer platanoides 'Crimson King' is a very popular, handsome Acer variety. It's a round-headed, medium-sized fast growing tree. Lime green flowers tinged red appear in April followed by large intense purple foliage which turn bright orange-brown during the autumn. Size: MediumDeciduous in Winter time.Open Space plantingAcer Growing Tips: Very easy to grow in a wide range of well-drained soils. They thrive in sun but with partial shade to protect the leaves from scorch. A sheltered area away from strong winds is preferred.Height and Spread (after 10 years) : 6m x 4mPicture image courtesy of Frank P Matthews.Sold in a 12 litre pot. -
Form: Bush, Roostock Quince Large subtle pink flowers and very large, pear-shaped fruit. Yellow when they're fully ripe. Sweet and strong scent.Produces a good crop.Producing beautiful flowers in the spring.Uses: CookingPicking month: Early OctoberStoring: DecemberPollination group 2 Self-fertilityRelatively trouble-freeTip-bearer (produces fruit on tips of the previous year's shoots & also on some spurs.)Quinces originally came from Iranian mountain slopes - which can get cold in winter so they are extremely hardy. Meech's Prolific makes delicious jellies and pie fillings when combined with apples or jelly or marmalade when used on their own. Picture image shows plant when in fruit, courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot. -
Plum (Prunus) Opal.Form: Bush / 2 yearsRootstock: St. Julien A (semi vigorous)One of the most reliable and good quality garden plums, known as the early Victoria. Produces a heavy crop of medium, reddish-purple round fruit with golden yellow flesh that has a superb delicious, slightly sweet flavour. Stone seperates nicely from the flesh, freestone. The tree itself is upright in habit making a neat pyramid shaped tree. White, scented flowers appear during the spring. Uses: EatingPicking month: Mid JulySelf Fertile - Pollination Group 3RHS Award of Garden Merit.Picture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot. -
Plum (Prunus) Malling ElizabethForm: BushRoostock: St. Julian (semi vigorous)This plum is Victoria like in appearance and heavy cropping but appearing much earlier in late July. Sweet and juicy, with the inside flesh yellow-orange.Small, white flowers are produced in spring around one week before Victoria. Uses: Eating & CookingPicking month: Mid JulyStoring: AugustPollination group 2 Self-fertileRelatively trouble-freePicture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot. -
Plum (Prunus) Jubilee. Parentage:Victoria x CzarForm: BushRootstock: St. Julien A (semi vigorous)Jubilee, also known as Jubileum is a plum of superb eating quality. Similar in appearance and flavour to Victoria, but much larger fruit, and picks one week earlier. Dark red skin and yellow flesh that has a good balance of sweetness and sharpness. The stone seperates cleanly from the flesh, free stone. Self Fertility, Pollination Group 3. -Picking month: Early AugustPicture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot. -
Form: Bush / St. Julien (semi vigorous)Mirabelle trees are a type of plum. Ruby is the largest fruit of the mirabelles recorded having exceptionally sweet taste; peach-like flavours and dark red flesh. The tree is unusually upright in habit in comparison to the wide spreading bushy habit of most varieties. Uses: Cooking & EatingPicking Month: Mid September.Position: full sunFlowering period: April to MaySoil: will tolerate most soils, except very chalky or badly drainedSelf Pollinating, but will also do well with pollinating partners.Pollination Partners:Mirabelle de Nancy Mirabelle Countess Plum Avalon Plum Herman Plum Rivers Early Prolific Gage Jefferson Gage Dennistons Superb Gage Golden SphereSold in a 12 litre pot. -
Form: Bush / St. Julian A RootstockMirabelle trees are a type of plum. Countess is a new dual-purpose variety, superb, round, dark red-purple plummy fruit with a lovely flavour. The flesh is red to yellow with a wonderful melting texture, juicy, sweet and rich in flavour. Excellent eating quality but can also be used in cooking. Freestone, the stone comes away from the flesh when fully ripe. Stunning white blossom in the spring.Picking month: Early AugustUses: Cooking & EatingSelf Fertile. (although self fertile produce more fruit with the following fruit tree partners)Pollination Partners:Mirabelle Golden Sphere, Mirabelle Gypsy, Plum Avalon, Plum Herman, Plum Rivers Early Prolific Gage Jefferson Gage Dennistons Superb Gage Golden Sphere.This plant is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.Fruit trees like sun and fertile well drained soil.Sold in a 12 litre pot. -
Form: Bush / 2 Year - VVA-1A rootstock (semi dwarf)Gages are small plums that have a more delicate constitution but with superior flavour and sugar content. Cambridge is a classic English variety. Produces an excellent heavy crop of small, yellowish-green fruits that are juicy and fresh, honey flavoured. Great for eating fresh and making jams. Prefers: Full sunAspect: South-facing or West-facingGages like fertile soil, ideally slightly acidic, with a pH of 6-6.5, but they're tolerant of a wide range of soils. They don't like to dry out, especially when the fruit is forming, so generally prefer a loamy or clay soil, as long as it doesn't get waterlogged. Like a sheltered spot.Self Fertile. Will cross pollinate with plums.Picture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot. -
Form: Bush / 2 Year - St. Julien A rootstockGages are small plums that have a more delicate constitution but with superior flavour and sugar content. Cambridge is a classic English variety. Produces an excellent heavy crop of small, yellowish-green fruits that are juicy and fresh, honey flavoured. Great for eating fresh and making jams. Prefers: Full sunAspect: South-facing or West-facingGages like fertile soil, ideally slightly acidic, with a pH of 6-6.5, but they're tolerant of a wide range of soils. They don't like to dry out, especially when the fruit is forming, so generally prefer a loamy or clay soil, as long as it doesn't get waterlogged. Like a sheltered spot.Self Fertile. Will cross pollinate with plums.Picture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot.
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Form: Bush / 2 Year, St. Julien A rootstockMerryweather is an unusually large plum sized damson, both for dessert and culinary use. Reliable heavy crops of blue-black fruits that can be eaten fresh when fully ripe, but are usually used for cooking. Yellow-greenish firm flesh, juicy and acidic flavour. A clingstone fruit, the stone tends to stick to the flesh. The tree itself is very vigorous and has a spreading habit. Good resistance to silver leaf disease.Picture image courtesy of Frank P Matthews.Sold in a 12 litre pot. -
Red Windsor is one of the easiest and most reliable apple varieties. Produces heavy crops of delicious red fruit and has a good balance of sweet and sharp flavour, slightly sharper than Cox. An ideal garden variety that has an easy, compact growth, is frost hardy.This reliable red Apple tree is self fertile so won't require a pollination partner and it has good disease resistance. Form: Bush 2 Year, M26 Rootstock- Uses: Eating & Juicing- Picking month: Mid September- Storing: October- Award-winningPicture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot.
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