You can get a great crop of fruit in the tiniest of spaces.ĭwarf Fruit Tree Varieties for a Small Garden.Because of their small size, they’re also easier to maintain and prune.There’s no need for ladders or long nets to pick fruit up high. You don’t need a huge garden to enjoy the fruits! They’re easier to fit into small garden spaces, like a balcony or terrace.It’s a great way to maximize space in a small garden! Keeping a smaller fruit tree in your garden offers plenty of amazing benefits. The fruit size will stay the same, they’ll just be growing on a mini tree! Benefits of growing dwarf fruit trees And Gisela 5 is currently the smallest dwarf rootstock for cherry trees. There’s a dwarf rootstock for citrus trees called Flying Dragon. For example, a lot of dwarf apples that you can buy are grown on M27 rootstock. There are a few different size varieties of dwarf rootstock, from dwarf to semi-dwarfing.Įach fruit species has its own dwarfing rootstock. This means a small branch of a certain fruit tree variety has been grafted onto the rootstock of a tree that will naturally stay very small.įor example, you could buy a ‘Honeycrisp’ apple on dwarf rootstock!

Partly self-fertile.Blossom on a patio peach tree What makes a fruit tree ‘dwarf’?Īll of these mini fruit tree varieties are either genetically small, or they can be bought on dwarf rootstock. Pollenize with Bing, Rainier, Royal Ann, or Stella Pollenize with Montmorency, Stella or Van Pollenize with Bing, Montmorency, Stella or Van Pollenize with Montmorency, Rainier, Stella or Van Self-fertile, but better with another variety Self-fertile but better when pollenized with Liberty Self-fertile but better when pollenized with Yellow Delicious or Lodi Self-fertile but better when pollenized with Yellow Delicious Pollenize with Yellow Delicious or Melrose Self-fertile but better when pollenized with Yellow Delicious, Fuji or Mel- rose Pollenize with Red or Yellow Delicious, Fuji or Gala Self-fertile but better when pollenized by North Pole Self-fertile but better when pollenized by Yellow Delicious *Please note that some of these varieties might not be available and an Al’s expert can provide recommendations Almonds

While many fruit trees are self-fertile, they are better when pollenized by another variety.

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