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Description

Perfect for the UK climate, this late-season peach makes the most of the extra summer sunshine to produce sweeter, riper and wonderfully juicy fruits.

Patio Peach 'Crimson' has been specially selected for its rich burgundy-purple foliage, striking red-flushed peaches and naturally dwarf growth habit.

Imagine relaxing on the patio in early summer as the last of the beautifully sweet peach blossom fragrance fills the air. Then, by late August, you could be reaching out to pick your own delicious, sun-ripened peaches straight from the tree.

Compact, decorative and exceptionally easy to grow, 'Crimson' is perfect for a large patio pot. Because it flowers later than many peach varieties, its blossom is less exposed to damaging early frosts, helping it crop more reliably in UK gardens.

Its well-shaped crown and deep burgundy foliage create an exotic display throughout summer. Combined with golden-orange fruits richly flushed with crimson, it makes a spectacular ornamental and productive feature.

Hardy through most typical British winters, this rewarding patio tree can provide fresh, home-grown peaches for many years.

TOP TIP: Keep the canopy dry while the tree is flowering and pollination is taking place, ideally in a greenhouse, conservatory or beneath a lean-to. Although self-fertile, gently transferring pollen between flowers with a small, dry artist�s paintbrush can greatly improve fruit set. Keeping the foliage dry at this stage can also help reduce peach leaf curl.

Supplied as a single grafted, 80-100cm tall, grower quality, bare root tree.

Top Tips

For bigger crops, use an artist's soft paintbrush moving from flower to flower to increase pollination
Try and keep the canopy dry each spring as the leaves emerge, to avoid Leaf Curl

Care Information

Patio peaches can be grown in at least 45cm containers filled with a soil-based compost. In February each year, feed with a balanced fertiliser, and repot every couple of years.
Naturally dwarf, these patio peaches need little or no pruning to keep their compact shape.
Protect the blossom from frost and, although self-fertile, using a dry small artists paintbrush to brush pollen from flower to flower will increase fruit set.
When fruit appears, it will need thinning. Remove poorly placed, small or misshapen fruits when they are about the width of your little finger nail. With peaches aim to have a fruit every 15cm.
Water container-grown trees almost every day during the growing season and give them a high potash liquid feed every couple of weeks. Avoid excessive or irregular watering when fruit is ripening to prevent the skin splitting.
As the fruit develops it may need protection from birds and squirrels.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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