Fruit Trees for sale online

Fruit trees have been popular in Australian Gardens for hundreds of years. Depending on the climate zone literally 100s of varieties of fruit trees can be grown both commercially and in the home garden. One of the most popular ways to buy deciduous varieties is as bare rooted stock online in the cooler months when dormant. With new and improved varieties finding their way onto the market now is the time to plant a home orchard. Literally 100s of varieties are available for sale online from specilaist growers.

Dwarf fruiting varieties are suitable for growing in large pots. Espaliered trees are excellent for limited space and growing on walls and fences while grafted varieties are grown on a stronger or disease resistant root stocks.

Apple Trees, Citrus, Lemon, Orange Nectarine, Persimmon, Sub Tropical Fruit Trees, Grapevines, Pear, Plum, Quince and Hazel Nuts, Raspberries, Thornless Blackberries, Boysenberries, Loganberries, Silvanberries, Marionberries, Red Blackcurrants, English Gooseberries, Blueberries, Kiwi Fruit, Cape Gooseberries,Olives, Avocado, Quandong, Quince and Medlars are all available to buy online.

Dwarf Varieties
Usually grafted onto a 'dwarfing rootstock' dwarf fruit trees are very popular in the home garden, many now availble for sale are suited for growing in pots and containers.

Grafted Varieties
Trees are grafted for a number of reasons, usually they are grafted onto a more resilient rootstock. And of course onto dwarfing rootstock. They are also 'multigrafted' more than one fruit on the one tree.

Planting and Pruning is not difficult and guidelines are available from suppliers. Heritage and older varieties are covered in our specialist Heritage Fruit Trees Section

We provide access to growers of dwarf , multi graft , citrus trees and fruit salad trees, tropical , sub tropical, cool climate and temperate fruit trees, vines, climbing fruiting plants, multi graft fruit trees and dwarf fruit trees.

In Australia, Climatic areas for growing fruit trees fall into four main areas, Tropical, Sub Tropical, Temperate to Cool and Mediterranean.

The types and varieties of fruit trees that can be grown in each area varies significantly.

Tropical Fruit Trees for Australia include

Abiu, Carombola, Mango, Paw Paw, Lychee, Banana, Sapodilla, Dragon Fruit and Mangosteen

For Sub Tropical Fruit Trees try.

Acerola, Jabotica, Grumichama, Persimmon, Stwarberry Guava, Papaya, Tamarillo, Banana, Sapote, Cherimoya.

Mediteranean Climate Fruit Trees

Olives, Citrus, Figs, Mu;berry, Pomegranate and Quince

Temperate to Cool Climate

Citrus, Apples, Pears, Plums, Figs, Apricots

Fruit Trees are popular both as commercial crops, small orchards, backyards and in home gardens.

Part of the Australian Landscape since early settlement with cultivars coming to Australia with settlers.

Apple, Plum and Lemon trees are the most common in the home garden.

However we now find a greater variety of fruit trees, grape vines and berry fruit available than ever before.

With high quality fruit trees available to suit most climate areas of Australia growing a fruit tree is not only popular but also provides us with fresh pr oduce, to eat , preserve and share with family and friends.

Fruit Trees can be purchased online, at your local nursery or from specialist fruit tree nurseries.

Espaliered fruit trees not only look great
but can be productive space savers.

Pruning

One of the most common forms of pruning for fruit trees is Vase Pruning. This removes growth from the middle of the tree and creates an open center in the tree that allows light in to stimulate fruiting wood. This form of pruning is used extensively with apple, almond, apricot, cherry, fig, nectarine, peach, pear, persimmon, pistachio, plum, pomegranate, and prune trees.

With deciduous fruit trees winter pruning is the favoured time. Winter is when the trees are dormant and the sap is not flowing. Although many fruit trees will still produce without being pruned, the quality of the crop including size is improved with pruning.

In the home garden as well as in the commercial orchard pruning also helps to maintain trees at a size that is more easily managed for both fruit picking and other horticultural needs such as spraying.

In general we are trying to remove any dead or damaged wood to begin with. After that we are trying to maintain or create an open structure so that light penetration and air circulation is improved.

Apple and stone fruit trees are generally pruned to a vase shape. This method selects 4 - 5 branches that are trained to form an open V, this allows light and air to enter and improves production and ripening. Many local nurseries and permaculture groups run workshops on fruit tree pruning.

Apricot trees are a little different and should be pruned as soon as they begin to lose there leaves. This is when the sap has stopped flowing, choose a sunny dry windy day and prune early so that the wounds dry as much as possible.

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