Peach Trees
There’s nothing better than the flavour and scent of a ripe peach picked fresh from the garden! Most peach and nectarine trees thrive in pots so you can grow your own sun-warmed stone fruits in even the smallest garden. Our growers only choose premium varieties which are right for the UK climate. They’re professionally pruned and trained on quality rootstocks, so you can be confident of the most beautiful blossom and the biggest crops, year after year.
Which peach tree?
All of our peach trees are self fertile and hardy in the UK. The most popular, Peregrine and Avalon Pride, are reliable croppers, full of flavour and come in a variety of sizes to suit any garden. For growing in patio pots, nectarines Lord Napier or Madame Blanchett - also self fertile - are ideal. Heavy-cropping peach tree Red Haven is a great choice for medium or large gardens. Find out which peach is perfect for your garden.
What's the deal with rootstocks?
A peach tree’s eventual size depends on which rootstock it’s grown on, so it’s an important thing to know. A tree on Montclare rootstock will reach a compact height of around 3m unless pruned smaller, whereas peaches and nectarines on St Julien A (SJA) are more vigorous at around 4m.
Growers' tips
Peaches and nectarines need lots of sun, so if you’re planting in the ground, make sure you position them in a warm, sheltered spot - ideally trained against a south or west facing wall. For growing in pots, choose a sunny, sheltered position on a patio and bring the pots indoors during the colder months. Peaches and nectarines can even be grown in a greenhouse or conservatory. They tolerate most soils, but you can aid drainage by adding some pea gravel to the hole when you plant them. In pots, make sure the compost never dries out. Peaches are ready to be harvested when they come away from the branch with a gentle twist.
Using your peaches
Say ‘peach’ and it’s the classic dessert created for Dame Nellie Melba that comes to mind, with juicy peaches tempered by the sweeter and more mellow raspberry. This easy pavlova traybake brings the flavours right up to date. Baked, caramelised, poached or roasted, peaches are a gourmet treat, but nothing beats biting into a fresh one straight off the tree and feeling the juice run down your chin!
A hardy, reliable and heavy Peach cropper
- Fine, sweet flavour
- Good resistance to Peach leaf curl
- Mutiple size options available inc. Patio Tree
- Self Fertile
The UK's favourite Peach Tree
- The only variety fully resistant to Peach Leaf Curl
- One of the most reliable, heavy croppers
- Multiple rootstock/sizes available incl. Dwarf option
- Self Fertile
Reliable, prolific and well suited to UK climate
- The best performing Nectarine
- Reliable, heavy crops of large, juicy fruit
- Self Fertile
- Max size H4m x W4m - SJA Rootstock
The original doughnut peach!
- Delicious flat peaches with white flesh and a honeyed flavour
- Harvest late August-September
- Self fertile
- Max size H3m x W3m - Montclare Rootstock
A reliable, golden-fleshed peach
- Compact and attractive tree with beautiful pink spring blossom
- Produces large, juicy yellow fleshed peaches
- Harvest from mid August
- Bred for success in the UK climate
Red skinned 'donut' shaped fruits
- Juicy white flesh in an easy to eat shape
- Pink and white spring blossom attracts bees and butterflies
- Harvest in mid August
- Self fertile - get a good crop from just one tree
Aromatic white fleshed peach
- A reliable peach variety with a mellow, aromatic taste
- Compact tree - grows to just 4m
- Harvest mid to late July
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
Very fine flavour with good resistance to leaf curl
- Fine, sweet flavour
- Good resistance to Peach leaf curl
- Self Fertile
- Max size H3m x W3m - Montclare Rootstock
An heirloom red fleshed peach
- This old French variety has rasperry red flesh
- Harvest in August
- Sweet peach flavour with a hint of raspberry
- Grow in a sunny border or pot
Bright flowers and juicy peaches on your patio
- Gorgeous magenta blossom in spring
- Sweet, juicy peaches - crops earlier than most
- Harvest your peaches in August
- Self fertile and small enough to grow in a pot
The perfect dwarf Peach Tree
- Ideal for growing in pots
- Reliable even in colder areas
- Trained to a Dwarf size–Maximum height only 1.5 meters!
- Self Fertile–grows delicious fruit all on its own!
The UK's favourite Peach Tree
- The only variety fully resistant to Peach Leaf Curl
- One of the most reliable, heavy croppers
- Self Fertile
- Expertly pruned patio tree perfect for pots
A hardy, reliable and heavy Peach cropper
- Fine, sweet flavour
- Good resistance to Peach leaf curl
- Expertly pruned patio tree perfect for pots
Reliable, prolific and well suited to UK climate
- The best performing Nectarine
- Reliable, heavy crops of large, juicy fruit
- Self Fertile
- Expertly pruned patio tree perfect for pots
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