Greatest Hits 2022: 5 Best Fruit Trees to Grow for the Home Garden
Photography courtesy of Dave Wilson Nursery unless otherwise specified.
Greatest Hits 2022: Each day this week, we’re republishing the most popular posts of the year, in case you missed them the first time around. Thinking of adding some fruit trees and bushes to your garden this year?
“So we promote size control by pruning fruit trees during the growing season in the summer.” And you will still get a plentiful harvest from a fruit tree that’s six to seven foot tall, he says, as long as it receives water and is in a sunny spot.
Lowbush blueberries are compact, growing to a height of just two feet, and suitable for chilly Northeast climes.
1. Blueberries
Photograph by Marie Viljoen, from Gardening 101: Blueberries.
Phil suggests that the novice edible gardener start with blueberries.
The best-selling fruit tree at Dave Wilson Nursery.
2. Fuyu Persimmons
“Believe it or not, the Fuyu persimmon is the number one selling variety in our home garden mix—and we offer many hundreds of varieties of fruit trees,” says Phil.
3. Miniature Peaches & Nectarines
Dave Wilson Nursery field representative Tom Spellman stands beside an orchard of miniatures.
Dave Wilson Nursery groups the miniatures together because they are basically the same fruit, except one has fuzz (peaches) and the other doesn’t (nectarines). And while the trees require a dormant spray in the winter and early spring, he says the benefits are worth the effort.
‘Candy Heart’ plueberries, available via Dave Wilson Nursery, are the offspring of Japanese plums and cherries.
4. Japanese Plums & Pluerries