Edibles

Arnold Blood Orange is a brilliant small, bushy, evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves. The fruit tree produces fragrant creamy-white flowers followed by a small to medium-sized round, blood-red fruit with dark-red pigmented flesh. The characteristic colour is developed best in cooler inland areas where the temperatures are cooler at night. Blood oranges have an unusual distinctly strawberry-like flavour with hints of a citrus tang. Perfect for desserts, juicing, preserves or on its own as a healthy snack. Ideal for planting in smaller gardens, espaliered along walls or as an ornamental in pots for decks or terraces.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. To grow blood oranges successfully you will need a climate that allows for cold winters and hot dry summers, they do like cold nighttime temperatures as well. Protect from strong winds especially during flowering or while the fruit is forming.
Size: Height 3-4m x width 3-4m

Enjoy your own homegrown apples in any size yard with Malus domestica Harmony Apple. Harmony is a columnar apple bred to grow in an upright style, perfect for small spaces, containers, pots, narrow areas and balconies. Harmony™ produces medium-sized round fruit with golden skin. Ripening in February-March, Harmony is an excellent eating apple with creamy white flesh. This narrow-growing apple is well suited to pots as well as the ground. Pollinators: Cumulus, Herald™ and Pompink™. Ideally suited for growing in tubs and confined spaces, as well as fence planting.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Protect from strong winds and frost while young.
Size: Height 3m x width 0.60m

The Red Dragon Fruit is a stunning and versatile climbing cactus, prized for its vivid red skin and vibrant red, sweet flesh. This striking plant not only produces delicious fruit but also adds a tropical touch to any garden. Flowering at night, it showcases beautiful, fragrant white blooms, often followed by heavy crops of fruits ripening in summer and autumn. Its self-pollinating nature ensures that a single plant can yield abundant harvests. Perfect for planting in the ground or as a unique pot specimen.

Soil: Well-drained sandy or loamy soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Ideal for tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates. Protect from frost.
Size: Height 2–3m (with support) x width 1m.

Citrus sinensis Orange Valencia Seedless Dwarf Grafted is an attractive compact tree. This seedless orange is a bud sport of the Valencia, maturing a little earlier with heavy crops fruiting from September to December. Often it will carry new season blossoms while holding ripening fruits, as they stay well on the tree into summer. This seedless variety is self-pollinating so one tree is all you need. The dwarf rootstock, Flying Dragon, modifies the top growth - making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Warm temperate and sub-tropical climates. Frost hardy.
Size: Height 1-2m x width 1m

The Eureka lemon is a tall almost-thornless tree with an open habit producing many crops of medium to large-sized lemons throughout the year. The fruit is bright yellow with a thick rind, high juice content and acidic flavour. Use the Eureka for feature planting, orchards, kitchen gardens and containers. Keep at the desired height with regular pruning.

Soil: Well-drained soil
Conditions: Plant in full sun. Needs a temperature over 5C for successful fruiting.
Size: Height 6m x width 3m

Stella Cherry Prunus avium trees have gorgeous white blossoms in spring that give way to dark red, juicy cherries – just in time for that Christmas pavlova! Stella Cherry trees are self-fertile, so you only need to plant one for an abundant crop in your garden or orchard. Stella requires lower chill hours than most cherry varieties to produce a good fruit harvest, so it is a great one to try on the South Coast.

Soil: Widely adaptable to a broad range of soil types
Conditions: Full sun (for larger harvests). Frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 5m x width 2m

Prunus All in One Zaione is an excellent, self-pollinating almond tree that bears heavy crops of soft-shelled almonds with a delicious, sweet flavour. It produces gorgeous spring blossoms, masses of edible almonds in late summer and spectacular autumn foliage. It is perfect for smaller gardens and works well in large pots for courtyards or patios. Almonds are used for blanching, roasting, eaten fresh, or in confectionary

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. It grows best in a warm, dry climate. Heat tolerant.
Size: Height 3m x width 3m

Orange Valencia Seedless is a neat compact evergreen fruit tree. The foliage is a lovely rich green which holds its colour all year round. Petite white fragrant blooms appear in late summer and spring. Following the blooms, large rounded, juicy oranges with thin skin develop. Often it will carry new season blossoms whilst also holding ripening fruits, as they stay well on the tree into summer. Fertilise Orange Valencia throughout the peak growing seasons and keep the tree well-watered throughout summer. Self-pollinating so one tree is all you need.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Protect from strong winds especially during flowering or while fruit is forming.
Size: Height 3-4m x width 3-4m