'Avalon Pride' Patio Peach Tree
Peaches from your doorstep!
Grown by John
South Downs National Park
Perfectly happy plants, or your money back
Specialist overnight plant delivery
The highlights
- Deliciously juicy fruit
- Compact enough for small spaces
- Enjoy fresh with cream or baked in a pie
- Harvest from August
Description
- 'Avalon Pride' is one of our very favourite peach varieties, and by growing it on a dwarf rootstock, you can have it as a tree that's small enough to keep on your patio!
- Typically growing to just 1.5m tall, this tree will do brilliantly on a sunny balcony or in a south-facing courtyard garden
- This tree's plump peaches have wonderful flavour and are just asking to be eaten fresh straight from the tree. If you can resist that, though, then why not make an American-style cobbler or dry them for a tasty snack?
- Recognised by the RHS as one of its Plants for Pollinators, this tree is a great choice to get more bees coming to your garden
- Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single use pots. They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post
- Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth
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How To Grow
Excellent pest and disease resistance
Shows excellent resistance to the main pests and diseases for peaches. Has high resistance to peach leaf curl. Curled leaves will occasionally occur at the beginning of the spring, but re-infection to subsequent leaves is extremely rare. Avalon Pride can suffer from powdery mildew in very dry conditions (this can sometimes be confused for leaf curl). You may see some damage from aphids and caterpillars, which can both be easily washed away with soapy water. Birds may try and nab your peaches. Reduce the risk of bacterial canker by pruning to improve airflow and remove rotting organic matter nearby.
Water regularly
Container-grown fruit trees require more regular watering than their ground-grown counterparts. In hot, dry weather, this might mean that daily watering is needed.
Full sun
For best growth, plant your peach tree in full sun (at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day).
Any moist, well-drained compost
When growing your patio peach tree in a pot, use a compost mix like John Innes No.3.
Feed every fortnight throughout the growing season
Your patio peach tree will benefit from a liquid fertiliser feed every couple of weeks or so in spring and summer. Something like tomato feed is ideal.
Planting Calendar
- Best time to plant
- Harvest
- Flower
South Downs National Park
Meet John
110 years' expertise free with every tree
John’s family have been growing trees in the South Downs National Park for over a century, and it shows. Dug up and sent straight to your garden at between 18-36 months old, their quality rootstocks, expert pruning and natural pest control mean that these traditionally field-grown trees are the hardiest you can get.
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Our plants are grown in the UK
Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.
Our plants are delivered overnight
Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 24 hours.
We're here to help at every step
We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team of experts.
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When will I get my plants?
The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.
How will my plants be packed and delivered?
We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.
Where do you deliver?
We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.
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I have ordered plants from them twice this year. They arrived well packaged, on time and looked strong and healthy. I feel the staff from Roots plants deal with their plants and customers with passion and care. I can’t wait to order again, price is good as well.
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Delivered quickly, perfectly packaged and the tree was in excellent condition. Really healthy and taken to the garden with no problems. Can't recommend highly enough. 5 stars isn't enough!
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