Summer Pruning Workshop Next date TBC, click the Notify Me button to register your interest. ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR WORKSHOPS Winter is not the only time to prune fruit trees. In many cases it is not even the best time. This practical workshop will cover summer pruning and...
Sunburst Cherry Slightly earlier than Stella with dark red, delightfully sweet fruit. Pollination Group: cross with Stella or another sweet cherry variety Uses: eating Harvest: early-mid December Features: attractive as a garden specimen © Crown Copyright...
Sundowner Nectarine (dwarf) Prunus persica ‘Sundowner’ is a freestone nectarine. Fruit is yellow and fleshy with smooth red over yellow/orange skin and good flavour. It is a low chill variety. Grows to around 2m x 2m. • Pollination Group: The majority of nectarines are...
Sundowner™ (Cripp's Red) Apple (dwarf) Very late, low chill cultivar with good storage. Sugar levels improve with storage. Bred by John Cripps WA Dept. of Agriculture in 1973 from a crossing of Golden Delicious' × 'Lady Williams', from which Cripps Pink (Pink Lady™) was also...
SunGold™ European Pear (dwarf) European Pear SundGold™ bares an attractive yellow fruit, of medium size with smooth skin, fine texture, very good flavour with a good balance between sweetness and acidity, and exceptionally juicy. Welcome addition to the home orchard. ...
Sunset Nectarine (TM) (super-dwarf) Sunset Nectarine (TM) is a prolific cropping clingstone variety with red fruit over a yellow base. Flesh is yellow, juicy and sweet when ripe. A feature of this variety is red-burgundy coloured foliage throughout the growing season. Size: 1.5m x 1m...
Sunset™ Peach (super-dwarf) Prunus persica 'Sunset Peach™' is a low maintenance tree ideal for backyards, pots, or tubs because of its compact size. It bears sweet, firm and juicy white-fleshed, clingstone fruit. Spring blossom is followed by foliage with purple-red...
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor) Native to North America, the Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor) is a shapely, deciduous tree reaching 20 metres tall with a spread greater than 10 metres in mature specimens. Lives for several hundred years. Strong landscape amenity value Good...
Sweet Alford Apple (medium) Variety from Devon producing a good quality sweet cider, sometimes mildly bittersweet. Pollination Group: PG3 Uses: Cider Harvest: March - April Features: SWEET
Sweet Coppin Apple (medium) An old variety originating in Devon. Once very common in cider orchards in the Exeter area. Sweet cider style. Medium to large, conical fruit. White, soft, flesh. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ...
Sweet Coppin Apple (tall) An old variety originating in Devon. Once very common in cider orchards in the Exeter area. Sweet cider style. Medium to large, conical fruit. White, soft, flesh. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ...
Sweet Reward European Pear (Dwarf) European Pear Sweet Reward™, called Harrow Sweet in North America was bred in Canada. This modern pear is a multi-purpose cultivar producing great fruit suitable for eating fresh and preserving while at the same time having a great ornamental...
Sweetheart Lilac Syringa ×hyacinthiflora 'Sweetheart' (Lilac) bears clusters heart-shaped, pale to deep pink double flowers after rose-pink buds. Flowers are sweetly scented and appear in mid-spring. Around 3m tall x 2m wide. Origin: W.B. Clarke, California, USA,...
T.B. Cosford hazelnut TB Cosford, or Brownfield Tokolyi Cosford or Tokolyi Cosford, was selected in Australia. It is a vigorous hardy tree with good steady yields. It’s major use is for blanched kernels and is suitable in confectionaries. The mid-brown nuts have a thin...
Tai-Haku Flowering Cherry (Prunus 'Tai-Haku') The Tai-Haku or Taihaku Japanese Flowering Cherry (Prunus serrulata 'Tai-Haku') has large single white flowers to 6 cm wide, and pink buds from October. The new leaves in spring are a bronze colour, becoming green for summer, then orangey yellow in...
Tardif de Bordaneil Apricot Prunus armeniaca 'Tardif de Bordaneil', perhaps misnamed in Australia as Tardi de Bourdonel, is a French variety that helps extend the season, Tardif means late and this variety is perhaps the latest of the apricots we have, ripening from mid-summer...
Tatura 204 Peach Tatura 204 is an outstanding clingstone peach with excellent yields and consistency. The fruit is round, juicy and sweet, with a Golden Queen texture and flavour. Ripens from mid-January.
Teagan Blue Japanese Plum Prunus salicina 'Teagan Blue' Japanese Plum - has firm fruit with dark purply red skin with hints of blue. The sweet juicy flesh is yellow-orange. • Pollination Group: Santa Rosa • Uses: eating, cooking, bottling, preserving •...
The Gilbert Apple (dwarf) The Gilbert Apple was gifted to me (Rob Pelletier) by my dear departed friend and mentor Allen Gilbert*. It is probably the best red-fleshed apple we have seen, and there are a few around. It and makes an interesting addition in apple-based desserts and...
The Golden Child Rose Rosa hybrida 'The Golden Child' has large bright yellow, fragrant blooms, growing in clusters with mid green leaves on this healthy bush. Bee attracting. Can be grown in pots. Disease resistance*: 4 star Size approx: 1.5m Flower colour: Yellow...
The Mill on The Floss Rose Rosa hybrida 'Mill On The Floss' has lilac-pink blooms that pale on opening with the individual petals beautifully defined by carmine edges complemented by a beautiful complex fragrance. Suitable for part shade. Disease resistance*:...
Thompson Seedless Grape Vitis Vinifera 'Thompson Seedless' is a consistently heavy cropper, light yellow seedless berries with a soft berry skin and firm juicy pulp. Popular variety. Harvest: Early season Pollination: Self-pollinating Type: Seedless Uses: Eat fresh or dried as...
Thomuscat Seedless Grape Vitis Vinifera 'Thomuscat Seedless' is a seedless white from a crossing between Muscat of Alexandria x Thompson Seedless at Henderson's Experimental Gardens, USA, release 1949. Early maturing Harvest: Mid-season Pollination:...
Tilton Apricot Prunus armeniaca ‘Tilton' produces tender, juicy and aromatic fruit with a sweet flavour. Fruit is medium sized with a heart shape, light orange skin, golden flesh with a red blush. Resistant to late frosts. Pollination Group: self-fertile so...
