This patio version of the UK’s favourite plum has been developed by fruit authority Will Sibley, who has for many years been working on a range of fruit trees for the home gardener. It has been grafted onto VVA1 dwarfing rootstock using special grafting techniques to keep the tree even more compact. A wonderful display of white spring blossom is followed by heavy yields of delicious plums in the late summer. Can be kept restricted to a height of 1.2m (4ft).
Supplied as a two year old tree in a 4.5 litre pot. The tree is grafted at about 30cm (1ft) above soil level and has 2-3 shoots about 20cm (8in) long that will quickly develop into a bushy head.
Pollination: Self-fertile. Group B.
Season: late August.
Plant size: 4.5 litre pot.
Rubus (Tayberry Group) 'Medana'
This is the original Tayberry variety raised at the Scottish Crop Research Institute at Invergowerie. It produces heavy crops of large dark red-purple berries with a sweet aromatic flavour. Delicious eaten fresh, the fruits also freeze very well and make excellent jam. The canes are slightly thorny.
Season: early July - mid Aug.
Plant size: 3 litre pot.
Asparagus officinalis 'Pacific Challenger'
This new F1 hybrid is very well suited to cooler climates and performs well in wet soil conditions. It is one of the most disease resistant varieties with tolerance to Phytophora and Fusarium crown and root rot. Produces heavy crops of slender green spears with tight tips and very good flavour.
Season: mid.
Prunus 'Kanzan'
One of the showiest Japanese flowering cherries and probably the most widely grown, producing masses of dense double-pink blossom in late April. The spring foliage is coppery-red turning green in summer and then orange in autumn. The tree is strong growing with an upright habit and wide arching branches. Very reliable and easy to grow. Chalk tolerant.
Height x spread in 10 years: up to 5m (16ft).
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