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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  • Purple Haze' Columnar Patio Apple Tree Fruit Trees
    £50
    £50

    'Purple Haze' Columnar Patio Apple Tree

    Think you know apples?

    • Sweet and juicy (eating)
    • Purple on both the inside and outside
    • Perfect for snacking and lunchboxes
    • Harvest from September to October

    Currently out of stock

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

    Espalier Pear Tree

    Cover your wall with juicy pears

    • Professionally trained in an espalier shape
    • Includes varieties well-suited to UK gardens
    • Poach in wine, bake with honey or eat fresh
    • Sumptuously sweet pears, stunning blossoms

    Currently out of stock

  • Duo Apple Tree | 'Jonagold' & 'Golden Pearmain' Trained Fruit Trees
    £55
    £55

    Duo Apple Tree | 'Jonagold' & 'Golden Pearmain'

    One tree with two apple varieties

    • Crisp, sweet and juicy
    • Grown on a dwarfing rootstock
    • Eating, juicing and scrummy baking
    • Pick from September

    Currently out of stock

  • Duo Apple Tree | 'Cox's Orange Pippin' & 'Elstar' Trained Fruit Trees
    £55
    £55

    Duo Apple Tree | 'Cox's Orange Pippin' & 'Elstar'

    Two in one, what's not to like?

    • Unbeatable depth of flavour
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators
    • Great for both eating fresh and cooking
    • Pick your apples from mid-September

    Currently out of stock

  • Duo Apple Tree | Cox's Orange Pippin & Golden Delicious Trained Fruit Trees
    £55
    £55

    Duo Apple Tree | 'Cox's Orange Pippin' & 'Golden Delicious'

    Two great varieties, one tree!

    • Incredible flavours
    • Red and green apples from the same tree
    • Eat the apples fresh or use them in desserts
    • Harvest from September

    Currently out of stock

  • Duo Pear Tree | 'Williams' Bon Chrétien' & 'Conference' Trained Fruit Trees
    £55
    £55

    Duo Pear Tree | 'Conference' & 'Williams' Bon Chrétien'

    Two pear varieties on one tree

    • Melt in your mouth pears
    • Loved by pollinators
    • Eat straight from the tree or poach in wine
    • Harvest from October

    Currently out of stock

  • Fan-Trained Plum Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    £70
    £70

    Fan-Trained Plum Tree

    A glorious way to use a fence

    • Carefully trained into a fan shape
    • Includes award-winning varieties
    • Bake in a pie or make your own conserve
    • Ambrosial plums, amazing flowers

    Currently out of stock

  • 'Melred' Red-Flowered Patio Peach Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    £50
    £50

    'Melred' Red-Flowered Patio Peach Tree

    Glorious hot-pink blossoms

    • Divine fruits with punchy peach flavour
    • Gorgeous pink blossom in spring
    • Delicious eaten fresh from the tree
    • Harvest your peaches in August

    Currently out of stock

  • Patio Peach Tree | Prunus persica 'Crimson Bonfire' Trained Fruit Trees
    £30
    £30

    Patio Peach Tree | Prunus persica 'Crimson Bonfire'

    Roaring purple foliage

    • Deliciously sweet and juicy
    • Self-fertile variety
    • Scrumptious in a US-style cobbler
    • Harvest in August

    Currently out of stock

  • Patio Peach Tree | Prunus Persica 'Pink Peachy' Trained Fruit Trees
    From £85
    £90 From £85

    Patio Peach Tree | Prunus persica 'Pink Peachy'

    Incredible pink blossoms

    • Peaches with incredible sweetness
    • Ideal for patios and balconies
    • Whip up a scrummy peach cobbler
    • Harvest from August to September

    Currently out of stock

Roots' Cotswolds Valley Nursery

Meet Mike

Tree-growing skills honed right across the globe

Having started out in Australia, studied in Northern Ireland and volunteered at an organic farm in Sweden, it’s fair to say Mike’s done his fair share of travel on his horticultural journey, so far! Having happily laid down roots here at Roots, Mike is the don behind our tree-growing operation, imparting each and every one of his globally-honed skills to benefit your garden. Grown in our purpose-built nursery, in the ideal climatic conditions of the fertile Vale of Evesham, we’re proud to supply only the happiest, healthiest and hardiest trees.

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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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