Mesembrine® nectarine trees
Prunus persica
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- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Mesembrine is a flat nectarine, with yellow flesh, which ripens in August - towards the end of the peach / nectarine season. It has a balanced sweet-sharp flavour.
The deep pink blossom is also attractive in spring.
Mesembrine nectarine trees for sale
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree,St. Julien rootstock£43.75
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
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Tree specification
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Tree sizes and forms
Pre-ordering
Pre-order now for delivery in September 2025
Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
Growing and Training
As with all peaches and nectarines it helps if you can protect the tree from rain splashes over the winter, to avoid peach-leaf curl.
History
Mesembrine was developed at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in France and introduced around 2005.
Mesembrine characteristics
- Gardening skillExperienced
- Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Pollinating othersAverage
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesWarm climates
- Picking seasonMid
- CroppingHeavy
- Keeping (of fruit)1-3 days
- Food usesEating fresh
- Country of originFrance
- Period of origin2000
- Blossom colourPink - dark
- Fruit colourOrange / Red
- Flesh colourGolden / Yellow
British-grown trees 
Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK.
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In addition, all our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance.
Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS. The scheme aims to improve UK biosecurity by setting standards
for all growers and retailers involved in selling plants in the UK.
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Guaranteed fruit trees
When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions.
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More about nectarine trees
Nectarines are essentially smooth-skinned peaches. They can be grown successfully in the southern parts of the UK, but for best results they should be planted in a shelted location in full sun.
Most nectarines are self-fertile, but cross-polinate readily with other nectarines and also peaches.
All nectarines are susceptible to peach-leaf curl, a fungal infection which causes the leaves to curl up in early spring. Although not harmful to the tree in the longer term, a severe infection will prevent the tree cropping. The problem is easily avoided by covering the tree with horticultural fleece in winter and early spring - since the infection is spread in rain drops.
As with peaches, be careful not to over-water nectarines.
