Trained Fruit Trees

Trained fruit trees often save on space, look highly attractive and can be more productive than a tree left to grow to its own devices. From columnar cordons to low-growing stepovers, and impressive espaliers to aesthetic fans, training a fruit tree is something we recommend every gardener tries at least once in their life. Plus, our growers have done the hard work establishing the initial shape for your trained tree, meaning half the battle is already won!

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  • Eureka Lemon Tree | 4 Seasons Lemon | Grafted Mini-Stem Soft Fruit
    From £25
    £30 From £25

    Grafted Patio Lemon Tree | 4 Seasons Lemon

    Zingy lemons all year round

    • Evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers
    • Grafted for stronger growth
    • Make the best lemon meringue pie!
    • Fresh, zesty fruits throughout the year

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  • Half-Standard Fig Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Half-Standard Fig Tree

    Grow figs from your patio!

    • Lovely sweetness and that classic fig flavour
    • One of the hardiest varieties
    • Eat fresh, bake with honey or use to make jam
    • Usually ready to pick in August and September

    2 options available

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  • Makrut Lime Tree | Citrus hystrix Soft Fruit
    From £22
    £30 From £22

    Kaffir Lime Tree | Citrus hystrix

    Zest to impress

    • Intensely fragrant, citrusy taste
    • Self-fertile (no cross-pollination needed)
    • Add the leaves and zest to Thai curries
    • Harvest the fruit and leaves all year round

    2 options available

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  • 'Little Miss Figgy' Patio Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £25
    From £25

    'Little Miss Figgy' Patio Fig Tree

    Brilliantly compact fig tree

    • Classic fig taste with a moreish sweetness
    • Often produces two crops per year
    • Rustle up a batch of homemade fig rolls
    • Pick your crop in August and September

    3 options available

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  • Patio Crabapple Tree | Malus 'Evereste' Ornamental Trees
    £35
    £35

    Patio Crabapple Tree | Malus 'Evereste'

    The pinnacle of patio pomes

    • Delightful clear-stemmed patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m (when pruned)
    • Dark green foliage turning orange in autumn
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

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  • Patio Portuguese Laurel Tree | Prunus lusitanica 'Brenelia'® Ornamental Trees
    From £30
    From £30

    Patio Portuguese Laurel Tree | Prunus lusitanica 'Brenelia'®

    Interest all year long

    • Bushy, lollipop-esque tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m
    • Shiny leaves, scented blooms, red-black fruit
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    1 option available

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  • Brown Turkey Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £20
    £22 From £20

    UK Hardy Fig Tree | 'Brown Turkey'

    By far the best fig for the UK

    • Boasts a traditional, sweet figgy taste
    • Fully hardy and well-suited to the UK climate
    • Caramelise and serve with balsamic vinegar
    • Pick in August and September

    5 options available

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  • Growers' Talk

    How to train a fruit tree

  • 'Goutte d'Or' Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £22
    From £22

    'Goutte d'Or' Fig Tree

    The drop of gold fig

    • Decadent, juicy and sweet
    • Perfect for pots!
    • Roast with honey or bake in a pie
    • Biferous (harvests in June and August)

    2 options available

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  • Cordon Pear Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Cordon Pear Tree

    A space-saving way to grow pears

    • Expertly grown in a columnar shape
    • Includes RHS award-winning varieties
    • Bake in crumbles, pies and tarts
    • Succulent pears, delightful blossoms

    3 options available

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  • Patio Pear Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £32
    £35 From £32

    Patio Pear Tree

    Lush pears from the doorstep

    • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
    • Includes award-winning varieties
    • Eat fresh, poach or use in baking
    • Melt-in-the-mouth pears, magical blossoms

    4 options available

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  • Patio Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus 'Kiku-shidare-zakura' Ornamental Trees
    From £36
    £38 From £36

    Patio Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus 'Kiku-shidare-zakura'

    Cherry blossoms on the patio?!

    • Patio tree with pendulous, weeping branches
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m
    • Bronze to green foliage, double pink blossoms
    • Low-maintenance and fully hardy

    2 options available

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  • Patio Californian Lilac Tree | Ceanothus 'Victoria' Shrubs
    £35
    £35

    Patio Californian Lilac Tree | Ceanothus 'Victoria'

    Looking beautiful in baby blue

    • Stylish, upright patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m (when pruned)
    • Evergreen foliage, blue thimble flowers
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    1 option available

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  • All of our fruit trees are grown with care in the UK

  • Patio Photinia Tree | Photinia 'Little Red Robin' Shrubs
    £35
    £35

    Patio Photinia Tree | Photinia 'Little Red Robin'

    A small tree with *big* intensity

    • Fabulous, upright patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m (when pruned)
    • Incredible crimson-red foliage
    • Evergreen for year-round interest

    1 option available

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  • Patio Apple Tree | Malus 'Appletini' Trained Fruit Trees
    £30
    £30

    Patio Apple Tree | Malus 'Appletini'

    Bitesized apples from your patio

    • Picturesque, upright patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m (when pruned)
    • Dainty pink blossoms
    • Self-fertile (doesn't need a partner)

    1 option available

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  • Patio Lavender Tree | Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' Perennial Bedding
    £35
    £35

    Patio Lavender Tree | Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'

    Lavender... In tree form?!

    • Fragrant, upright patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1m (when pruned)
    • Purple flower spikes, evergreen foliage
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    1 option available

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  • Patio Ceanothus Tree | Ceanothus thrysiflorus 'Repens' Shrubs
    £35
    £35

    Patio Ceanothus Tree | Ceanothus thrysiflorus 'Repens'

    Brilliant blue patio blooms

    • Glorious, upright patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1m (when pruned)
    • Evergreen leaves, blue bonbon flowers
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    1 option available

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  • Patio Olive Tree | Olea europaea Fruit Trees
    From £25
    £30 From £25

    Patio Olive Tree | Olea europaea

    Bring the Med to your back door

    • Charming, bushy patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m
    • Lanceolate, evergreen, silver-sheened foliage
    • Boasts good drought tolerance

    4 options available

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  • Growers' Talk

    10 Best Fruit Trees for Pots

  • Patio Plum Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Patio Plum Tree

    Your fave varieties, kept small

    • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
    • Includes very hardy varieties
    • Pick and eat fresh or make a sticky plum jam
    • Sweet plums, sensational flowers

    4 options available

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  • Patio Choisya Tree | Choisya 'White Dazzler'® Shrubs
    £30
    £30

    Patio Choisya Tree | Choisya 'White Dazzler'®

    Sumptuous scents from the patio

    • Showy, lollipop-like patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m
    • Gloriously fragrant white flowers
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    1 option available

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  • Patio Hibiscus Tree | Hibiscus syriacus 'Magenta Chiffon'® Shrubs
    £30
    £30

    Patio Hibiscus Tree | Hibiscus syriacus 'Magenta Chiffon'®

    A gently ruffled rock star

    • Refined, bushy patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m
    • Wonderful frilled flowers
    • Provides colour well into autumn

    1 option available

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  • Patio Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Patio Cherry Tree

    Small in stature, big on impact

    • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
    • Includes disease-resistant varieties
    • Eat from the tree, bake in pies and cobblers
    • Flavourful cherries, fantastic flowers

    1 option available

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  • Patio Apple Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Patio Apple Tree

    All-time greats, grown for pots

    • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
    • Includes heavy-cropping varieties
    • Eat fresh, bake in crumbles and cakes
    • Juicy apples, stunning flowers

    4 options available

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  • Cordon Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Cordon Cherry Tree

    Great yields in half the space

    • Expertly grown in a columnar shape
    • Includes both sweet and sour cherries
    • Use in crumbles, cobblers and conserves
    • Flavour-packed fruit, fab flowers

    3 options available

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  • Cordon Plum Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Cordon Plum Tree

    Plenty of plums, minimal space

    • Expertly grown in a columnar shape
    • Includes reliably-cropping varieties
    • Use to make syrups, jams and chutneys
    • Honeyed plums, evocative flowers

    3 options available

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  • Cordon Cherry and Plum Trees | Perfect Partners Fruit Trees
    From £55
    £67 From £55

    Cordon Cherry and Plum Trees | Perfect Partners

    Big flavours from limited spaces

    • Columnar cordons are ideal for small gardens
    • Two incredibly flavourful varieties
    • Productive trees you can grow in pots
    • Loved by pollinators

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  • Cordon Apple Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £32
    From £32

    Cordon Apple Tree

    Lots of fruit in a limited space

    • Expertly grown in a columnar shape
    • Includes brilliant dual-purpose varieties
    • Use in chutneys, sauces and salads
    • Crisp, refreshing apples, lovely blossoms

    5 options available

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  • Madame Blanchet Patio Nectarine Tree Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    'Madame Blanchette' Nectarine Tree

    Heavy-cropping and oh-so tasty

    • Sweet, decadent and moreish flavour
    • Reliable even in colder areas
    • Eat fresh or try in an upside-down cake!
    • Harvest in August

    1 option available

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South Downs National Park

Meet Danielle

110 years' expertise free with every tree

Danielle's nursery has 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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Which type of trained fruit is right for me?

Which type of trained fruit is right for me?

So, you’ve decided you want a trained fruit tree – great! What next? Well, it’s time to choose which one. Espaliers and fans are great choices if you have a spare wall or fence, or a bit more space to erect a freestanding wire trellis. Cordons are a good option for the space-conscious gardener who perhaps wants to try their hand at growing a couple of different fruit types. Stepovers offer a lovely, traditional way to edge your veg beds, while miniature patio fruit trees are good for exactly that – patios and sunny balconies!

We’ve done all the hard work

We’ve done all the hard work

Whichever trained fruit type you opt for, you can rest easy knowing that our growers have taken care of most of the hard work for you. Whether it be grafting your tree on the appropriate rootstock, pruning and shaping it, or growing it out in the field to thicken up its stem, your tree is going to be in the best shape possible (pun intended) when it makes its way to you.

What next?

What next?

Trained fruit trees do need a little more care and attention to keep them looking so fabulous, and many training types require specific pruning techniques to get them growing the way you want them to. Don’t worry, though, it’s all pretty straightforward stuff, and you can check out all there is to know in our espalier, fan, cordon, stepover and patio guides.

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Plants arrived in great condition and very promptly. Well established - much better than the ones I got at my local garden centre.

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Star Jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides Climbing Plants
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| 2 Jun
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E 'Black Hamburgh' Indoor Grape Vine Soft Fruit
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The plant arrived looking vigorously healthy, which brings a smile to your face, extremely well protected in its packaging.

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| 5 Jul
E 'Braeburn Hillwell' Apple Tree Fruit Trees
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