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Varieties
438 varieties
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Categories
Almonds
2
Apples
100
Early eating apples
7
Mid-season eating apples
19
Late eating apples
39
Cooking apples
25
Dual-purpose apples
14
Red-flesh apples
5
Apricots
14
Cherry plums
4
Cherries
28
Sweet cherries
26
Sour cherries
1
Cider apples
17
Crab apples
43
Damsons
7
Inter-specific trees
6
Hazels
13
Medlars
3
Mirabelles
6
Mulberries
7
Nectarines
5
Peaches
10
Pears
37
Dessert pears
28
Cooking pears
8
Ornamental pears
3
Asian pears
4
Perry pears
9
Plums
46
Eating plums
34
Cooking plums
11
Dual-purpose plums
17
Japanese plums
2
Quinces
8
Walnuts
7
Ornamental cherry trees
46
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
21
Figs
4
Juneberries
3
Stock availability
All
438
In stock
325
Not in stock
113
Form
1-year
234
1-year bush-trained
2-year
128
2-year bush-trained
133
Spindlebush
19
2-year half-standard
19
Premium half-standard
43
2-year top-worked
7
2-year (1.75m)
21
Cordon-trained
8
Premium cordon
2
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Mature size
Very small
34
Small
41
Medium
119
Large
265
Very large
52
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
31
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Very dwarf
2
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M9
30
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Dwarf
3
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Quince C
2
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VVA-1
24
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Quince Eline
12
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Gisela 5
15
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M26
43
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Semi-dwarf
2
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Gisela 6
1
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Wavit
21
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Weiwa
9
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M116
22
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MM106
83
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Colt
9
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Own-roots
2
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Quince A
28
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Semi-vigorous
63
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St. Julien
60
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MM111
17
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Pyrodwarf
20
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M25
35
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Pyrus c. Kirchensaller
9
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Brompton
1
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F12/1
2
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Supplied as
Bare-root
253
12L pot
198
11.5L pot
53
7L pot
11
Growing
Gardening skill
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Beginner
190
Average
178
Experienced
35
Self-fertility
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Self-fertile
137
Partially self-fertile
50
Not self-fertile
160
Flowering group
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1
7
2
59
3
167
4
72
5
14
6
5
Pollinating others
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Good
58
Average
216
Poor
41
Ploidy
?
Diploid
177
Triploid
25
Tetraploid
3
Quintaploid
2
Octoploid
1
Universal pollinator
?
Yes
10
No
6
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
118
Free-spurring
3
Partial tip-bearer
23
Tip-bearer
8
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
338
Mild damp climates
152
Warm climates
123
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
52
RHS Plants for Pollinators
271
Melliferous
1
Using
Picking month
June
1
July
20
August
31
September
42
October
26
November
8
Picking season
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Very early
6
Early
56
Mid
105
Late
141
Very late
30
Cropping
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Heavy
120
Good
170
Light
31
Keeping (of fruit)
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Does not keep
3
1-3 days
80
1 week
64
2-3 weeks
58
1-2 months
48
3 months or more
37
Food uses
Eating fresh
234
Culinary
153
Traditional cooker
18
Dual purpose
53
Juice
55
Hard cider
36
Drying
3
Edible fruits
5
Not suitable for humans
6
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
27
Sharper
33
Sweeter
46
Aromatic
28
Vinous
2
Cooking result
Puree
17
Textured puree
2
Keeps shape
13
Juice style
Sweeter
8
Sharper
12
Sweet (cider)
4
Sharp (cider)
7
Bittersweet (cider)
10
Bittersharp (cider)
3
Cling-stone
Freestone
19
Semi-freestone
3
Clingstone
15
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
169
Average
104
Poor
18
Scab
?
Very resistant
32
Some resistance
41
Some susceptibility
31
Very susceptible
6
Canker
Very resistant
8
Some resistance
23
Some susceptibility
15
Very susceptible
4
Mildew
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Very resistant
4
Some resistance
23
Some susceptibility
19
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
3
Silverleaf
Very resistant
5
Some resistance
5
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
1
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
8
Very susceptible
2
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
2
Some resistance
9
Some susceptibility
12
Very susceptible
1
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
4
Belgium
12
Canada
17
China
12
Czech Republic
5
Denmark
1
France
29
Germany
11
Hungary
1
Ireland
2
Italy
2
Japan
27
Netherlands
4
New Zealand
6
Norway
1
Russia
2
Slovakia
1
South Africa
1
South Korea
1
Sweden
4
Switzerland
2
Turkey
1
Ukraine
5
United Kingdom
183
United States
39
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
3
1600 - 1649
8
1650 - 1699
4
1700 - 1749
6
1750 - 1799
15
1800 - 1849
38
1850 - 1899
53
1900 - 1949
63
1950 - 1999
104
2000
28
Flowering month
January
2
February
3
March
16
April
50
May
35
June
11
December
1
Blossom colour
White
226
Cream
1
Pink - light
54
Pink
13
Pink - dark
24
Red - dark
1
Crimson
6
Fruit colour
Black
12
Blue - dark
18
Bronze
1
Brown
2
Crimson
2
Gold
5
Green
15
Green - light
24
Green / Red
8
Green / Yellow
17
Orange
11
Orange / Red
48
Orange flush
29
Pink
5
Purple
11
Purple - light
8
Red
42
Red - dark
32
Red / Black
8
Red / Green
5
Red striped
2
Russet
12
Varigated
1
Yellow
16
Yellow / Orange
11
Yellow / Red
6
White
6
Fruit size
Very small
5
Small
32
Average
68
Large
46
Very large
6
Flesh colour
White
13
Cream
10
Golden / Yellow
27
Orange
1
Pink / Red
6
Dark red
4
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
109
RHS AGM (former)
30
RHS AM
11
RHS 1st class
2
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
2
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Varieties list
Ornamental cherry trees
Accolade
An impressive spreading ornamental cherry tree, with light pink double-flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AM
Apple trees
Adams Pearmain
Adams' Pearmain is a popular Victorian-era English apple with a distinctive 'pearmain' shape.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Admiration
Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Amanogawa
A popular columnar flowering cherry, also known as the Flagpole Cherry.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: May
Awards: RHS AM
Cherry trees
Amber Heart
The most popular traditional English white cherry, widely known as Kent Bigarreau.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Peach trees
Amsden June
An early-ripening white-fleshed freestone peach from the USA, ready in June / July in the UK.
Cling-stone: Freestone
Picking season: Very early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: White
Apple trees
Annie Elizabeth
A traditional English cooking apple, with a sweet flavour, which keeps its shape when cooked.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Inter-specific trees
Aprikyra
®
A sweet self-fertile apricot-cherry cross, also known as an Aprichery or Cherrycot
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Inter-specific trees
Aprimira
®
Aprimira is a sweet self-fertile apricot-mirabelle cross, also known as a miracot.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Inter-specific trees
Aprisali
®
A sweet self-fertile apricot - plum cross, also known as an Aprium.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Quince trees
Aromatnaya
A heavy-cropping Russian quince, for cooking and eating fresh.
Crab apple trees
Aros
®
A small slow-growing upright crab-apple, with bronze-green leaves, beautiful dark pink flowers with white centres, and maroon fruits in the autumn.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Apple trees
Arthur Turner
A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Ascendens Rosea
This beautiful flowering cherry has a graceful upright habit and white/pink blossom.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: April
Apple trees
Ashmead's Kernel
A versatile English 17th century russet apple, Ashmead's Kernel is noted for its distinctive pear-like flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Athos
®
A natural dwarf sweet cherry tree, unlikely to get much bigger than 2m.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Rowan
Autumn Spire
®
Autumn Spire (Flanrock) is a columnar rowan with yellow fruitlets and excellent autumn colour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Ornamental cherry trees
Autumnalis Rosea
A Japanese flowering cherry with light pink blossom, can sometimes flower through the whole winter.
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: January
Flowering month: February
Flowering month: March
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Plum trees
Avalon
Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Peach trees
Avalon Pride
A disease-resistant yellow-fleshed peach, well-suited to growing outdoors in the UK.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Damson trees
Aylesbury Prune
A traditional English damson, which used to be grown in the Vale of Aylesbury.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Ballerina Flamenco
®
Flamenco (also known as Obelisk) is a ballerina-style apple tree which grows as columnar minarette.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Ballerina Samba
®
One of the best-flavoured Ballerina minarette-type apple varieties.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Barbara
Malus Barbara has dark pink blossom and small purple fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Purple
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Apple trees
Bardsey
A hardy disease-resistant apple, discovered growing on an island off the west coast of Wales.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Beauty of Bath
One of the earliest English apples, ripening in early August.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Belle de Louvain
Belle de Louvain is a large purple culinary plum, useful because it can be grown on north-facing walls.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Peach trees
Bellegarde
A well-regarded late-season traditional yellow-flesh peach.
Cling-stone: Freestone
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Asian pear trees
Benita Rafzas
®
Benita Rafzas is an unusual cross between an Asian and European pear.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Beni-yutaka
Beni-yutaka is a pink blossom tree, which also features attractive red autumnal leaves.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: April
Quince trees
Bereczki
Bereczki is a traditional eastern European quince variety, ideal for jams and jellies.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Bergeron
Bergeron is the classic French apricot variety, and a common sight in French summer markets.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Bergeval
®
A modern apricot with pretty orange fruits and a rich sweet flavour.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Pear trees
Beth
An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Beurre Hardy
A classic French pear with a very good flavour, but grows best in a warm sheltered situation.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Beurre Superfin
A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Black Dabinett
Black Dabinett is darker-skinned sport of Dabinett, but otherwise very similar to the original.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Black Oliver
A traditional English black cherry from the West Midlands.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Pear trees
Black Worcester
The oldest true English pear, 16th century or earlier. Ideal for stewed pears.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Bladon Pippin
TM
A new Cox-style apple variety, but with a sweeter flavour - discovered as a chance seedling in the village of Bladon.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Blaisdon Red
Blaisdon Red is one of the best plum varieties for making plum jam.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Blakeney Red
A popular perry pear, and one of the most reliable croppers. Produces a medium-tannin juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Blenheim Orange
Blenheim Orange is a classic English dual-purpose apple, useful for dessert and culinary purposes.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Bloody Ploughman
An old Scottish apple variety, named for the crimson-red colour of its skin and stained flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Blue Tit
Blue Tit is a popular English dual-purpose plum, easy to grow, reliable cropping.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Damson trees
Blue Violet
A traditional Westmorland damson variety - unusually sweet and early-ripening for a damson.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Bountiful
Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Braeburn
Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Bramley 20
Bramley 20 is a naturally smaller version of Bramley's Seedling (the apples are the same size though).
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Bramley's Seedling
Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Brandy
A mid-season English perry pear which produces a low-tannin juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Bright Future
An excellent late-season English apple with a very good sweet/sharp flavour and crisp hard flesh.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Walnut trees
Broadview
Broadview is the best Walnut variety for the UK climate.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Fig trees
Brown Turkey
Brown Turkey is the most popular fig for the UK climate.
Cider apple trees
Brown's Apple
Brown's Apple is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a sharp juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Walnut trees
Buccaneer
Another good Walnut variety for the UK climate.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Burcombe
A dark red / black cherry from the Tamar valley.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Hazel trees
Butler
Butler is a relatively new hazel variety, with heavy crops of large hazel nuts.
Crab apple trees
Butterball
Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Cambridge Gage
Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Cardinal
Also known as Princeton Cardinal, a bronze-leaved crab-apple with pink-red spring blossom and red fruitlets in the autumn.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Carman
An unusual mulberry, with large sweet white fruits. Carman starts fruiting at a much younger age than other mulberries.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Catherine
An unusual winter-flowering cherry, which also has superb autumn leaf colours.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: January
Flowering month: February
Flowering month: December
Pear trees
Catillac
A very old French culinary pear, dating back to the reign of Louis XIV.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Pear trees
Celebration NUVAR
®
Nuvar Celeberation is a large modern dessert pear.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Celeste
Celeste is a compact dark red/black cherry, one of the best early-season varieties, with a sweet mild flavour.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Quince trees
Champion
A large American quince which does well in the drier parts of the UK.
Ornamental pears
Chanticleer
Chanticleer is an attractive ornamental pear, grown for its spring blossom and autumn leaf colours.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: March
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Apple trees
Charles Ross
Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Rowan
Chinese Lace
A neat attractive Rowan with bright green leaves and dusky pink berries.
Fruit colour: Red
Apple trees
Chivers Delight
Chivers Delight is an under-rated Cox-style apple from Cambridgeshire. Crisp and sweet.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Chocolate Ice
Named after the copper-brown colour of the young leaves which contrast with the large white flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Pear trees
Christie
Christie is a traditional Scottish dessert pear.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Christmas Pippin
®
Christmas Pippin is a new high-yielding Cox-style apple, discovered as a chance seedling tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Cinderella
®
A naturally dwarf bushy-crab-apple. White blossom followed by tiny golden spherical fruitlets, and yellow autumn leaf colours.
Fruit colour: Gold
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Clapps Favourite
An attractive red-flushed early-season pear from the USA.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Coe's Golden Drop
Coe's Golden Drop is a large oval gage from the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Collingwood Ingram
An outstanding small flowering cherry, with deep pink blossom and attractive autumn colour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: March
Cherry trees
Colney
Colney is a large modern late-season English dessert cherry, dark red/black, with a good flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Compacta
®
Featured on BBC Gardeners' World, this is one of the best apricot trees for growing in a small space.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Crab apple trees
Comtesse de Paris
Comtesse de Paris can be considered as an improved Golden Hornet. It features the same white blossom and persistent yellow fruitlets, but grows with a better form.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Concorde
A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Pear trees
Conference
Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Conference Moors Giant
®
Moors Giant is a natural sport of the popular Conference pear - all the same qualities, but with much larger fruit size.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hazel trees
Corabel
A modern French hazel variety, producing large nuts with a sweet flavour.
Crab apple trees
Coralburst
®
Malus Coralburst is a naturally compact crab-apple with a superb blossom display and small persistent yellow-orange fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Bronze
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Core Blimey
TM
Core Blimey is a red Cox-style eating apple, suitable for most areas of the UK.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Cornish Aromatic
An attractive late-season apple from Cornwall, with a good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Cornish Gilliflower
Cornish Gilliflower is a popular English eating apple with an excellent sweet aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Hazel trees
Cosford
Cosford is a popular Filbert, with a flavour allegedly superior to other Hazel nuts.
Apple trees
Coul Blush
Coul Blush is an early-season dual-purpose apple from Scotland.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry plum trees
Countess
A dark-red cherry plum, with sweet golden flesh, suitable for eating fresh and cooking.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Picking month: July
Apple trees
Court Pendu Plat
Court Pendu Plant is a traditional French apple with an aromatic pear-drop flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Cox's Orange Pippin
Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Crimson Cascade
A new weeping crab-apple with dusky pink blossom and small dark red fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Blossom colour: Crimson
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Crimson Pointe
TM
A purple-leaved flowering plum tree, which grows with an upright compact form.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: March
Apple trees
Crispin
Crispin (also known as Mutsu) is a high quality apple from Japan, with a good flavour, and also sharp enough for cooking.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Rowan
Croft Coral
Croft Coral is a small rowan tree but the fruits are an orange coral colour rather than the usual red,
Fruit colour: Orange
Plum trees
Czar
Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Dabinett
Dabinett is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Daikoku
Daikoku is one of the less well-known Japanese blossom trees, but features pretty pink - white blossom.
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Fig trees
Dalmatie
A large green-fruited fig with pretty foliage.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Delbarestivale
An attractive heavy-cropping September apple with a good flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Plum trees
Denniston's Superb
Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Devonshire Quarrenden
A very old English summer apple, with a vinous strawberry flavour, grown throughout the UK.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Discovery
Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety, makes a good fruit tree for the garden.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Donald Wyman
Donald Wyman is a classic white-flowered crab-apple, with very small red fruits, which persist into mid-winter.
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Doyenne du Comice
Doyenne du Comice is arguably the best flavoured of all pears.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Dunkerton's Late
Dunkerton's Late is a traditional cider variety, producing a light sweet cider.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Early Moorpark
A traditional English apricot from the 19th century.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Early Red Maraly
®
Early Red is a modern dark red sweet cherry with a firm flesh.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Plum trees
Early Transparent Gage
One of the easier gages to grow, Early Transparent has attractive semi-translucent fruit.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Rowan
Eastern Promise
Features feathered leaves, and pink-red fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Pink
Plum trees
Edda
A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Eden
®
A new dual-purpose apple which has a naturally non-browning flesh, ideal for salads and fresh apple juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Egremont Russet
Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Elk River
Elk River features large fragrant pink single flowers followed by small bright green crab-apples.
Fruit colour: Green
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Ellison's Orange
Ellison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Hazel trees
Ennis
Ennis has become one the top commercial hazel varieties, very high yields, and a good flavour.
Crab apple trees
Evereste
Evereste is one of the most well-known crab-apples, featuring white blossom and red-yellow fruits.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Excalibur
Excalibur is a red-purple plum, similar to Victoria but with a better flavour for eating fresh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Damson trees
Farleigh
One of the hardiest damsons, and crops heavily. Farleigh has the distinctive damson flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Felicita
®
A modern self-fertile dark-red cherry, notable for its very large cherries.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Walnut trees
Fernette
A modern French Walnut variety with high-quality nuts.
Picking season: Late
Apple trees
Fiesta
Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Fimbriata
Malus Fimbriata is notable for its double-flowered blossom, very unusual in a crab-apple.
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Medlar trees
Flanders Giant
One of the largest-fruited medlars, with attractive blossom and autumnal colours.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Inter-specific trees
Flavor King
Flavor King is a pluot (Japanese plum / apricot cross) with large sweet fruit.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Fondante d'Automne
An old fashioned French pear with a notably sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Walnut trees
Franquette
Franquette is a late-season thin-shelled Walnut.
Picking season: Late
Ornamental cherry trees
Fugenzo
A traditional double-flowered Japanese flowering cherry, also known as Kofugen.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: May
Apple trees
Gala
Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Galloway Pippin
A traditional Scottish cooking apple which keeps its shape when cooked.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS 1st class
Nectarine trees
Garden Beauty
Garden Beauty is a slow-growing dwarf nectarine variety, ideal for pot culture.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Peach trees
Garden Lady
Garden Lady is a slow-growing dwarf peach variety, ideal for pot culture.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Rowan
Gibbsii
Gibbsii grows with a neat spreading columnar form, sprinkled with clusters of bright red fruits in the autumn.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Perry pear trees
Gin
A rare English perry pear variety with good disease resistance and medium acid and tannins.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Glou Morceau
A traditional 18th century Belgian pear with a notably rich sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Goldcot
One of the most reliable apricots for the UK climate, with good winter hardiness.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: August
Apple trees
Golden Delicious
The flavour of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Crab apple trees
Golden Gem
A traditional crab-apple featuring a mass of white blossom in spring, followed by yellow crab apples.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Golden Glow
A modern English apricot, found growing as a chance seedling near Worcester.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: August
Crab apple trees
Golden Hornet
Malus Golden Hornet is a traditional white blossom crab apple, with persistent yellow fruits.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Cherry plum trees
Golden Sphere
Golden Sphere is a large yellow Cherry Plum with a sweet plum-like flavour.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Picking month: August
Plum trees
Gordon Castle
A good dessert plum for northern areas due to its hardiness.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Gorgeous
Malus Gorgeous has pink/white blossom and spherical cherry-like red fruits which are good for jelly.
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Peach trees
Gorgeous
Gorgeous is a yellow-fleshed peach, well adapted to the English climate.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Pear trees
Gorham
A reliable early 20th century American pear, with a sweet creamy flesh.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Granny Smith
Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Green Horse
A traditional Gloucestershire perry pear, which produces a low tannin perry.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Greensleeves
Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Grenadier
Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Plum trees
Guinevere
Guinevere is a modern late-season dessert plum, with a good flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hazel trees
Gunslebert
Gunslebert is a modern hazel variety, an excellent choice for the garden or small orchard.
Ornamental cherry trees
Gyoiko
Gyoiko is a pleasing Japanese flowering cherry tree, featuring unusual cream-coloured blossom.
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Blossom colour: Cream
Cherry plum trees
Gypsy
Gypsy is a bright red Cherry Plum with a notably sweet flavour.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Plum trees
Haganta
Haganta is a new large blue plum variety from Germany, one of the latest-ripening and an excellent flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Peach trees
Hale's Early
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Crab apple trees
Halloween
TM
Malus Halloween is named for its ribbed orange-yellow crab-apples, which resemble little pumpkins.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hazel trees
Hall's Giant
Hall's Giant is noted for its excellent flavour and is a good pollinator for other hazels.
Ornamental cherry trees
Hally Jolivette
This graceful flowering cherry is notable for its long-lived white blossom.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Crab apple trees
Harry Baker
Malus Harry Baker is a popular crab-apple with deep pink flowers and dark red fruits which are very good for crab-apple jelly.
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: Crimson
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Harry Masters Jersey
Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Hauszwetsche German Prune
Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Helena du Roussillon
®
A traditional French apricot variety, grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon area.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: August
Perry pear trees
Hendre Huffcap
A well-known English perry pear variety, and a reliable cropper. Makes a light, low-tannin perry.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Herefordshire Russet
Herefordshire Russet is a modern russet apple variety, with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Herman
Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Hertford
A large dark red English cherry with a good flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Hidden Rose
®
Hidden Rose is named for the unexpected pink flesh hidden behind the plain green skin.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Hokusai
Hokusai is a traditional Japanese pink blossom cherry tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: April
Apple trees
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp is an American cold-hardy disease-resistant apple - it shows just how good modern apples have become.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Horinji
A small upright flowering cherry tree with large pink-tinted white blossom.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Apple trees
Howgate Wonder
Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Pear trees
Humbug
Humbug is an unusual pear variety, the fruits have distinctive green and yellow stripes.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Ichiyo
An attractive medium-sized Japanese cherry blossom tree, with classic double shell pink flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: April
Mulberry trees
Illinois Everbearing
An American hybrid mulberry, producing long black fruits from an early age.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Indian Magic
An excellent all-round crab apple, with attractive bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and small persistent red fruits.
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: Pink
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Almond trees
Ingrid
Ingrid is the best Almond variety for the UK climate, suitable for the warmer and drier areas of the UK.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Invincible
Invincible is a high quality pear which can also cope with difficult conditions.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Irish Peach
Irish Peach is a popular early season apple, ripening in July / August. It is easy to grow and low maintenance.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Isaac Newton's Tree
Also known as Flower of Kent, this is the variety the famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton sat under.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Quince trees
Isfahan
A sweet-flavoured quince from Iran, that can be eaten fresh as well as used for cooking.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Jacqueline
Prunus Jacqueline is a new flowering cherry, featuring stunning pink blossom and superb autumn colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: April
Apple trees
James Grieve
James Grieve is the classic Scottish dual-purpose apple. It can be eaten fresh, and is also excellent for juicing and cooking.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Pear trees
Jargonelle
Jargonelle is a sweet early summer pear, and will grow in most situations.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Jefferson
Jefferson is a a large yellow gage / plum, easy to grow, crops well, very juicy and great flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Jelly King
®
A compact crab apple, with unusually large persistent fruits - excellent for crab apple jelly.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Rowan
John Bond
An unusual species of Sorbus, the leaves are particularly attractive for their white undersides.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Brown
Crab apple trees
John Downie
John Downie is a traditional crab apple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Apple trees
Jonagold
Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavor.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Fig trees
Jordan
A precocious red-fruited fig.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Rowan
Joseph Rock
A small rowan, with distinctive pale yellow fruitlets. Also one of the best for autumn colour.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Awards: RHS 1st class
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Pear trees
Josephine de Malines
A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Jubilee
Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Judge Amphlet
A popular English perry pear variety producing a light, low-tannin juice.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Jumbo
A dual-purpose apple, named for the exceptionally large size of its fruits.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Jupiter
Jupiter is a popular Cox-style apple with a slightly stronger flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Walnut trees
Jupiter
Picking season: Late
Ornamental cherry trees
Kanzan
Kanzan (or Kwanzan) is one of the most popular Japanese flowering cherries, well-suited to the UK climate.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AM
Plum trees
Katinka
®
A very early-season dual-purpose dark-blue plum with an excellent flavour.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Katy
Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Kea
Kea is a culinary plum from Cornwall, ideal for plum jam.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Hazel trees
Kentish Cob
The traditional English cob-nut, still grown commercially in Kent.
Apple trees
Keswick Codlin
Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Kidd's Orange Red
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Kiku-shidare-zakura
This is the classic Japanese weeping pink cherry blossom tree (sometimes known as Cheal's Weeping Cherry).
Blossom colour: Pink
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Mulberry trees
King James 1st
A traditional English mulberry from the 17th century, also known as Chelsea.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Damson trees
King of the Damsons
A traditional 19th century English damson from Nottinghamshire. Also widely-known as Bradley's King.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
King of the Pippins
A popular and versatile dual-purpose apple, widely grown in the Victorian era.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
King's Acre Pippin
A traditional late-season English apple with a robust flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Kingston Black
Kingston Black is one of the premier English cider varieties and produces a bittersharp juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Kioto
®
One of the easier apricots for UK growers, attractive orange fruits blushed red. The blossom has some frost resistance.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Plum trees
Kirke's Blue
An old-fashioned blue plum with a rich sweet flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Knight's Early Black
A traditional English early-season black cherry
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Kordia
Kordia is a large late-season true black cherry variety with a good balanced cherry flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Asian pear trees
Kumoi
One of the most popular Asian pears, with a firm flesh and sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Kursar
A small ornamental early-flowing cherry tree, with profuse blossom.
Blossom colour: Pink
Flowering month: March
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Apple trees
Lady Henniker
A well-regarded Victorian dual-purpose apple, easy to grow.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Lane's Prince Albert
A classic Victorian cooking apple. Plenty of juicy acidity and stores well.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Hazel trees
Lange Tidling Zeller
Lange Tidling Zeller is one of the new heavy cropping German hazel varieties.
Cherry trees
Lapins
Perhaps the best all-round sweet cherry for the UK. Easy to grow, with heavy crops of good-flavoured cherries.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Walnut trees
Lara
®
An early-ripening French Walnut variety producing large nuts.
Crab apple trees
Laura
Malus Laura is a very upright dwarf crab-apple, with bronze leaves, crimson blossom and maroon fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Crimson
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Laxton's Fortune
A quietly popular Edwardian era Cox-style apple, developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Laxton's Superb
Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Le Thoureil
A good example of the Bird Cherry, with semi-double flowers, ideal for smaller gardens.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Apple trees
Limelight
Limelight is an attractive green mid-season dessert apple, ideal for beginners.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Lindsey Gage
Lindsey Gage is a sweet-flavoured green gage, similar to Cambridge Gage.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Little Pax
TM
A new English apple variety, recently discovered on the Isle of Wight - but its appearance and flavour hark back to the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Little Pink Perfection
Little Pink Perfection is a dwarf form of Pink Perfection, ideal for patio containers and small spaces.
Blossom colour: Pink
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Apple trees
Lord Derby
Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Lord Lambourne
Lord Lambourne is a popular versatile garden apple variety, with a good balance of sweet and sharp flavours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Nectarine trees
Lord Napier
Lord Napier is the best white-fleshed nectarine for the UK climate.
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Crab apple trees
Louisa
Malus Louisa is a pretty weeping crab apple with light pink blossom and small yellow fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Orange
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Louise Bonne of Jersey
An attractive red-flushed French pear variety with sweet melting flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Rowan
Lutescens
An excellent garden tree, very hardy, easy to grow, and tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions. Grey-green leaves turn russet in autumn, with orange berries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Plum trees
Malling Elizabeth
TM
This new plum variety was released to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Malus baccata
The Siberian crab-apple, noted for its exceptional cold-hardiness, disease-resistance, attractive blossom and clusters of cherry-like fruitlets in autumn,
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Malus floribunda
Malus floribunda is also known as the Japanese Crab. Pink / white blossom then red / yellow fruits.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Malus hupehensis
A traditional garden crab-apple from China, with white blossom and small red-tinged fruitlets, a good choice as a specimen tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Green / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Malus sylvestris
Malus sylvestris is the common wild crab apple, easy to grow and ideal for native planting schemes.
Crab apple trees
Malus transitoria
Malus transitoria is known as the Cut-leaf crab-apple, and features a mass of small white flowers, and clusters of tiny yellow fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Marjorie's Seedling
Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Walnut trees
Mars
Picking season: Mid
Rowan
Matthew Ridley
An upright-growing Mountain Ash with dense white flowers and clusters of orange-red autumn berries.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Quince trees
Meech's Prolific
A deservedly-popular quince variety from the USA, fragrant fruit and attractive blossom.
Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Apple trees
Melrose
Melrose is a well-regarded American apple, with a pleasant sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Merchant
An early-season black/red cherry with a good flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Apple trees
Meridian
Meridian is a little known modern English apple, heavy crops, easy to grow, and excellent flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Meritare
An attractive new early-season dessert plum from Sweden, similar to Opal, with large fruits and good cold-hardiness.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Damson trees
Merryweather
Merryweather is a very popular damson, with unusually large fruit, one of the hardiest of fruit trees.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Merton Glory
A well-known mid-season English white cherry.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Pear trees
Merton Pride
One of the best English pears, with a notably juicy buttery flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Nectarine trees
Mesembrine
®
Mesembrine is a sweet-flavoured flat nectarine with yellow flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Japanese plum trees
Methley
Methley is a Japanese plum (Prunus salicina), as opposed to the more usual European plums (Prunus domestica).
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Michelin
Michelin is a traditional French cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Mikinori
Mikinori is a classic early-flowering Fuji cherry tree, with red autumn leaf colours.
Blossom colour: White
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: March
Mirabelle trees
Mirabelle de Nancy
Mirabelle de Nancy is an old traditional Mirabelle, originating from north-east France.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Mojo Berry
®
A new dwarf mulberry tree with edible fruits which reaches a maximum height of around 1.5m.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Moonglow
A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Morello
Morello is a traditional late-season acid or sour-cherry, ideal for cooking with, and can be grown in north-facing situations.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Morgan Sweet
Morgan Sweet is a traditional English cider variety producing a full sweet juice.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Morus Pendula
A weeping fruiting mulberry.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Napoleon Bigarreau
A traditional white cherry, with an excellent flavour and appearance.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Nectarine trees
Nectarella
Nectarella is a genetic dwarf nectarine, ideal for growing in a pot.
Apple trees
Newton Wonder
A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Cherry trees
Nimba
®
Nimba is a modern large-fruited red sweet cherry, ripening right at the start of the cherry season.
Picking season: Very early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Saskatoon bushes
Northline
A popular Saskatoon or Juneberry, very heavy-cropping, and sweet-flavoured.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Hazel trees
Nottingham
A traditional large-fruited English hazel variety.
Medlar trees
Nottingham
A popular Medlar, used mainly for cooking.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
NUVAR® Marble
A modern English crab-apple, with large fruits, ideal for early-season crab-apple jelly.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Obelisk
®
A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Old Green Gage
The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Asian pear trees
Olympic
Olympic has potentially the largest fruits of any Asian pear variety.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Rowan
Olympic Flame
An attractive small rowan tree, its orange/red autumn leaf-colours are amongst the best.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Pear trees
Onward
Onward is high quality dessert pear, related to Doyenne du Comice but easier to grow.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Plum trees
Opal
Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Orleans Reinette
Orleans Reinette is a traditional French apple variety, and remains popular for its old-fashioned flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Oullins Golden Gage
The flavour of a true gage yet also easy to grow, Oullins Golden Gage is a good first gage tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Pacific Red
®
Pacific Red is a modern large-fruited red sweet cherry with a firm flesh.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Pear trees
Packham's Triumph
Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Pakistan Giant Fruit
A high quality mulberry from Islamabad, with very large fruits.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Fig trees
Panache
An attractive striped fig, ripening in early August.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Pandora
An excellent small flowering cherry, with pale pink blossom, and interesting leaf colour in both spring and autumn.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: March
Rowan
Pearls
A small spreading rowan tree, named for its clusters of pearl-white berries.
Fruit colour: White
Apple trees
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Pendragon
Pendragon is a red-fleshed dual-purpose apple from Cornwall.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental pears
Pendula
A very attractive flowering pear tree, notable for its distinctive weeping branches, and silver-green leaves.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Cherry trees
Penny
Penny is a high quality late-season black cherry - ripening in mid-August.
Picking season: Very late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Peach trees
Peregrine
Peregrine is the best flavoured white-flesh peach for the UK climate.
Cling-stone: Freestone
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: White
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Nectarine trees
Pineapple
Despite the name, Pineapple is actually a yellow-fleshed nectarine, ripening in early September.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Rowan
Pink Charm
A small rowan with a spreading habit, large feathered leaves, and bright pink berries.
Fruit colour: Pink
Crab apple trees
Pink Glow
Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and very attractive dark pink fruits. It is exceptionally cold-hardy.
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Pink Marry
A new red-flushed apricot which ripens in early July.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Picking month: July
Rowan
Pink Pearl
A small upright rowan tree with clusters of pink-flecked white fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Ornamental cherry trees
Pink Perfection
The definitive pink blossom tree, offers a long-lasting display of pink double flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink
Flowering month: April
Flowering month: May
Apple trees
Pinova
An attractive disease-resistant dessert apple, capable of producing good clean fruit without chemical sprays.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Pitmaston Duchess
Pitmaston Duchess is a traditional English dual-purpose, noted for the very large size of its pears.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Apple trees
Pitmaston Pine Apple
A small English 18th century apple with a distinctive fruity pineapple-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Pixie
Pixie produces lots of small Cox-style apples, easy to grow and keep well.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Plena
A form of the native English wild cherry, featuring which has double white flowers rather than single flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: May
Cider apple trees
Porter's Perfection
Porter's Perfection is a 19th century English cider variety producing a bittersharp juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Quince trees
Portugal
Portugal is perhaps the best-flavoured of all Quinces, but prefers a warm dry climate.
Ornamental cherry trees
Praecox
A small and hardy winter-flowering cherry, ideal for winter colour and small gardens.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: February
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Crab apple trees
Prairie Fire
®
Malus Prairie Fire is a medium-size upright crab-apple tree, notable for its dark pink flowers.
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Cider apple trees
Prince William
Prince William is a modern bittersweet cider variety from the famous Long Ashton Research Station.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Professor Sprenger
A well-proportioned crab-apple with profuse white blossom, and golden-orange fruitlets in autumn.
Fruit colour: Orange
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Profusion
Malus Profusion (also known as Directeur Moerlands) is a classic crab apple variety, with dense clusters of deep pink blossom followed by small crimson berry-like fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Blossom colour: Crimson
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Prunus litigiosa
A columnar flowering cherry, often called the Tassel Cherry because of unusual shape of its white flowers.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Ornamental cherry trees
Prunus lusitanica
The Portuguese Laurel is a dense small evergreen flowering cherry tree.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: June
Ornamental cherry trees
Prunus rufa
This is the Himalayan cherry, notable for its attractive exfoliating bark, and hairy young shoots.
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: April
Ornamental cherry trees
Prunus sargentii
Sargent's Cherry is an impressive ornamental cherry, scoring highly for blossom, autumn colour, and its attractive form.
Blossom colour: Pink
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Ornamental cherry trees
Prunus sargentii
Sargent's Cherry is an impressive ornamental cherry, scoring highly for blossom, autumn colour, and its attractive form.
Blossom colour: Pink
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Ornamental cherry trees
Prunus serrula
A popular flowering cherry tree species, The Tibetan cherry or Birch Bark cherry is well-known for its attractive bark.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Plum trees
Purple Pershore
Very similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Apple trees
Queen Cox
A modern self-fertile form of the renowned Cox's Orange Pippin, with arguably even better flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Queen of the Realm
TM
A new apple variety, released in 2022 to celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Queen's Crown
Queen's Crown is a dual-purpose red plum with a good sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Rajka
Rajka is a modern disease-resistant heavy-cropping apple variety with a good sweet/sharp flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Red Devil
Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Red Falstaff
®
Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hazel trees
Red Filbert
Red Filbert produces dark purple-shelled hazel nuts.
Cider apple trees
Red Foxwhelp
Red Foxwhelp also known as Herefordshire Redstreak, is an old English cider apple variety which produces a dull red bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Red Obelisk
Malus Red Obelisk is a compact upright crab-apple with white flowers, purple / green leaves, and red fruits.
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: White
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Red Sentinel
Malus Red Sentinel has classic white blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AM
Apple trees
Red Windsor
®
Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Peach trees
Redhaven
Red Haven is a yellow-fleshed peach, popular because it has some resistance to peach-leaf curl.
Cling-stone: Freestone
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Plum trees
Reeves
A high-quality English dual-purpose plum, similar to Victoria but with an improved flavour for eating fresh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Cherry trees
Regina
Regina is a new late-season sweet black cherry, with a good flavour and resistance to splitting.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Plum trees
Reine Claude de Bavay
The most widely-grown green gage, Reine Claude de Bavay has the distinctive gage-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Reine Claude Doree
A high-quality yellow-green gage, and usually more productive than other green gages.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Reine Claude Violette
A traditional French gage first recorded in the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour. Also known as Purple Gage.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Reverend W. Wilks
A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Ribston Pippin
A handsome English apple from the 18th century.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Rivers' Early Prolific
Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Robada
Robada is a large-fruited apricot. The orange fruits are usually flushed with red, and will ripen in the middle / late July in the UK.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Crab apple trees
Roberts Red
Roberts Red or Roberts Crab is an unusual red-fleshed crab-apple, with dark pink blossom, and purple fruits. Useful for cooking and produces a claret red colour juice.
Fruit colour: Purple
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Almond trees
Robijn
Robijn is a modern almond variety, suitable for planting in drier areas of northern Europe.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Peach trees
Rochester
An excellent yellow-fleshed peach, well-suited to the UK climate.
Cling-stone: Freestone
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Crab apple trees
Rosehip
Malus Rosehip is notable for its large rosehip-shaped red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Rosemary Russet
A classic English russet apple with excellent flavours, but not as well known as its Victorian contemporaries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Rosette
TM
Probably the best-flavoured of the pink-fleshed apple varieties, and produces lovely pink juice.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Medlar trees
Royal
A compact-growing Medlar, useful for smaller gardens.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Royalty
Malus Royalty has bright purple-red blossom, dark green-bronze leaves, and dark red fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Blossom colour: Red - dark
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Rubinette
Considered by many to be the best-tasting apple ever, Rubinette has a perfect sweet / sharp flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry plum trees
Ruby
Ruby is a large-fruited modern Cherry Plum, with dark red flesh.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Rudolph
Malus Rudoph features very large single deep pink flowers, and small orange fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Blossom colour: Pink
Apple trees
Saint Edmund's Russet
Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Plum trees
Sanctus Hubertus
One of the best cropping early-season plums.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Pear trees
Santa Claus
As the name suggests, Santa Claus is a late ripening dessert pear which keeps until Christmas.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Santana
Santana is a good quality disease-resistant apple, notable for low levels of allergenic compounds.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Saturn
An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Peach trees
Saturn
Saturn is a distinctive flat peach also known as a donut peach or Chinese peach.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Scarlett
Malus toringo Scarlett is an ornamental crab apple with bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and dark red fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Purple
Blossom colour: Pink
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Scotch Bridget
A popular Scottish cooking apple, well-suited to damp wet conditions.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Scotch Dumpling
Scotch Dumpling is a large Scottish cooking apple. Cooks to a frothy puree with a good flavour.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Scrumptious
Scrumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Seneca
Seneca is a high-quality late-season large American plum with a notably sweet flavor.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Sensation
A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Quince trees
Serbian Gold
Serbian Gold is probably the best quince variety for the UK climate.
Damson trees
Shepherds Bullace
A large-fruited bullace, used for cooking and preserves, similar to a damson.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Asian pear trees
Shinseiki
This popular Asian pear variety is well suited to the UK climate, and produces crisp sweet-flavoured pears.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Inter-specific trees
Shipova
Shipova is a rare pear / whitebeam hybrid, producing small pear-like edible fruits.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Shirofugen
Shirofugen is a traditional Japanese flowering cherry with large double-white flowers.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: May
Ornamental cherry trees
Shirotae
Prunus Shirotae features large single or semi-double fragrant white flowers, and is perhaps the most beautiful of the white-flowered Japanese cherries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Ornamental cherry trees
Shizuka - Fragrant Cloud
A Japanese flowering cherry with large fragrant bright white blossom, and strong autumn colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: May
Ornamental cherry trees
Shogetsu - Blushing Bride
One of the loveliest of the white-blossom Japanese flowering cherries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: May
Ornamental cherry trees
Shosar
An upright fastigate flowering cherry with pink blossom and good autumn leaf colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Flowering month: March
Damson trees
Shropshire Prune
The definitive English damson, Shropshire Prune has the rich astringent flavour typical of damsons.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Ornamental pears
Silver Sails
An attractive upright flowering pear tree with silvery green foliage, and small ornamental fruits.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: March
Cherry trees
Skeena
®
One of the best of the Canadian late-season cherries.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Saskatoon bushes
Smoky
Smoky is generally considered to be the sweetest-flavoured Saskatoon or Juneberry.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Ornamental cherry trees
Snow Goose
A small upright flowering cherry tree with particularly large single white flowers.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Cider apple trees
Somerset Redstreak
An English cider apple variety producing a very high-quality bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Rowan
Sorbus discolor
Sorbus discolor features yellow berries which take on pink hues as they mature.
Rowan
Sorbus hupehensis
A classic rowan tree with pink berries and good autumn leaf colours.
Fruit colour: Pink
Rowan
Sorbus japonica
An upright rowan with large oval leaves and attractive autumn colours and large red fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Red
Rowan
Sorbus sargentiana
A broad spreading rowan with bright orange fruitlets and autumn foliage.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Rowan
Sorbus scalaris
One of the more spreading smaller Rowan species, with orange/red autumn leaf colours, and clusters of small orange fruilets.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Rowan
Sorbus vilmorinii
The main feature of this Rowan trees is the pink fruitlets, which turn white as autumn progresses. It is one of the smaller Sorbus species, but also one of the more spreading.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Rowan
Sorbus wardii
A little-known Whitebeam from the Himalayas, featuring large silver-green leaves and yellow-orange berries.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Apple trees
Spartan
Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Spring Glow
Spring Glow is a stunning sight in early spring, with its large deep pink single flowers, followed by dark purple foliage.
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: March
Cherry trees
Stardust
TM
Stardust is a new mid-season white cherry which is also fully self-fertile.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Cherry trees
Stella
If you only want to grow one cherry tree, choose Stella - self-fertile, easy to grow, and a good pollinator.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Plum trees
Stella's Star
A modern green-gage, more productive and easier to grow in the UK than the traditional ones.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Stirling Castle
A traditional Scottish cooker from the Victorian era, with a good sharp flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Stoke Red
A traditional English cider apple producing a bittersharp juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Summer Sun
Summer Sun is productive mid-season cherry, and should ripen even if the summer weather is less than perfect.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Sun Rival
Malus Sun Rival is a popular weeping crab-apple, with pale pink blossom and small red berry-like fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Sunburst
Sunburst is a large red mid-season cherry with a good sweet mild flavour, and notably easy to pick.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Apple trees
Sunset
Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Sunset Boulevard
A large flowering cherry tree with a distinctive columnar form, and large single white flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Rowan
Sunshine
A small rowan tree with an upright form and golden yellow clusters of fruits, and strong autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Apple trees
Surprize
TM
An unusual new apple variety with a unique combination of orange skin and pink flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Swan
A popular traditional English dual-purpose red / purple plum.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Sweetheart
Sweetheart is one of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Cherry trees
Sylvia
Sylvia produces large dark red sweet cherries, ripening in the middle of the cherry season. It is a naturally small tree and grows with a columnar form, useful if space is limited.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Ornamental cherry trees
Tai-haku
A traditional Japanese flowering cherry, known as the "Great White Cherry" and notable for its very large single white flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AM
Cherry trees
Tamara
®
Tamara has probably the largest fruit size of any of the cherry varieties we offer.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Thames Cross
An attractive yellow mid-season plum with a good flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
The Bride
A small ornamental cherry with large single white flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April
Saskatoon bushes
Thiessen
A large-fruited early-ripening Saskatoon or Juneberry.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Perry pear trees
Thorn
An ancient pear variety from Gloucestershire, now used mainly for perry production.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Three Counties
Three Counties is an early-ripening bittersweet cider apple.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Tickled Pink
A new red-fleshed apple variety, with attractive crimson blossom, also known as Baya® Marisa.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Tom Putt
An old traditional English cider variety with a sharp juice, which can also be used for cooking.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Tomcot
Tomcot is a modern apricot variety with large fruits, suitable for planting in warm dry areas of the UK.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hazel trees
Tonda di Giffoni
A modern large hazel variety from Italy.
Hazel trees
Tonda Gentile Trilobata
A traditional Italian hazel nut, usually used in cooking and confectionery.
Apple trees
Topaz
A modern and reliable disease-resistant variety with a sharp flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Toptaste Kulinaria
®
A new blue dessert plum with sweet yellow flesh, and good disease resistance.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Trailblazer
An ornamental plum with white blossom and purple leaves, usually also produces dark red cherry-plums fruits, which can be eaten or cooked.
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: March
Cider apple trees
Tremlett's Bitter
Tremlett's Bitter is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Tydeman's Late Orange
Tydeman's Late Orange is an excellent late-season Cox-style aromatic apple.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Victoria
Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Quince trees
Vranja
A popular traditional Quince variety, well-suited to the southern UK.
Apple trees
Warner's King
An 18th century English cooker which remains popular. Cooks to a sharp-flavoured puree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Warwickshire Drooper
Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Waterloo
Waterloo is a traditional English sweet cherry with a red / black skin.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Hazel trees
Webb's Prize Cob
A mid-season English hazelnut.
Crab apple trees
Wedding Bouquet
Malus Wedding Bouquet features ivory-white blossom and tiny red berry-like fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Wellington
A large-fruited Mulberry tree.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
White Star
A modern English crab-apple with white star-like flowers followed by attractive russeted fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Russet
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
William Crump
A little-known high quality English apple, related to Cox and Worcester Pearmain.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Williams
Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Plum trees
Willingham
A traditional English green gage, with a reputation for excellent flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Winnals Longdon
A traditional Herefordshire perry pear variety, produces a low tannin perry.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Winter Gem
Winter Gem is a late-season apple variety with a very good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Winter Nelis
A late-season dessert pear from Belgium, with an excellent sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Worcester Pearmain
Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Yamadei
A small shrub-like ornamental cherry with clusters of white bell-shaped flowers and orange autumn leaf colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: March
Cider apple trees
Yarlington Mill
Yarlington Mill is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Yellow Huffcap
Yellow Huffcap is a well-known English perry pear.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Yellow Ingestrie
One of the prettiest of all apples, perfect for a table display, with a rich fruity flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Yellow Pershore
Also known as Yellow Egg, Yellow Pershore is a self-fertile heavy cropping culinary plum.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ornamental cherry trees
Yoshino
The Somei-Yoshino cherry - a graceful wide-spreading flowering cherry with large white blossom, which is the national flower of Japan.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: March