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'Purple Haze' Columnar Patio Apple Tree

Think you know apples?

Grown by John

South Downs National Park

Patio Tree in a 4.5L Pot

60-95cm inc. pot

M26 dwarfing rootstock

£50

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The highlights

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

Description

  • 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky! Not the subject of the Jimi Hendrix song (as far as we know), but every bit as cool. Purple Haze produces distinctive dark pink to purple blossom in the spring and has dark red foliage that matures to dark green by late summer. The apples are purple with bright red flesh and heart shaped white centres - sweet, crisp and delicious but also kind of a work of art
  • Perfectly sized for patio pots and naturally columnar in its habit
  • Harvest your apples between September and October
  • Awarded RHS Plants for Pollinators status - even the bees love it
  • Sweet and juicy taste with some acidity
  • Perfect for eating fresh from the tree
  • Whatever it is put a spell on me
  • 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.MORE

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Tree in 4.5L Pot

Height on arrival:

60-95cm inc. pot

Eventual height:

3m

Eventual spread:

50cm
Spreads approx 50cm

Tasting notes:

Sweet, crisp and delicious

Time to first crop:

1-2 years
You may see your first apples the first year after planting, but don't expect substantial crops until the 3rd/4th year. Some advise thinning the fruit in the first few years so that the tree can concentrate its energy on establishing strong roots and growing.

Flower colour:

Pink
Dark pink blossom in spring

Habit:

Upright, columnar
Grows naturally in a slender column shape

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
Doesn't need any frost protection

Self fertile:

Self fertile
Produces a crop without needing fertilisation from other trees

Uses:

Eating, cooking, juicing

Rootstock:

M26 dwarfing rootstock
Apple tree varieties are usually grown by grafting them to rootstocks. This has benefits for pest resistance, genetics and the efficiency of propagation. Importantly, it also limits the height of a tree to a more manageable, specific height. M26 apple trees tend to only reach 3m tall, perfect for smaller spaces or those afraid of stepladders.

Spacing:

50cm
Plant 50cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Pest and disease resistance is above average.

Water in well

Water in thoroughly when planting. For bare root trees, you won't need to water regularly, only in dry spells when needed. You should be able to tell because the leaves will start to wilt and droop. If a container grown tree, it will need more watering until its roots are established. It should be watered every other day or so for the first few months. Then reduce to twice a week until autumn. In the second year it should have an established enough root system to support itself, just water when required as explained above for bare roots. When watering a tree it is important to give a good soaking. It is better to water heavily and less frequently than little and often as this encourages the roots to grow down into the ground.

Full sun

Plant where the tree will receive around 6-8 hours of sunlight daily in spring/summer.

Happy in most soils

Prefers fertile well draining soil, can also tolerate clay soil but you will need to take some steps to improve drainage in the winter.

No feeding required

This tree gets all the nutrients it needs from the soil

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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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