Dwarf Fruit Trees

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These fruit trees stay reasonably small or Dwarfed and suit people who want to have full size fruit but not a tree that dominates their whole backyard. This often means you can have more fruit trees in your backyard as well. There are 4 types of Dwarf Fruit Trees

Dwarf Fruit Trees

Plum - Gulfgold

This golden plum is firm with excellent flavour & texture and a small seed. 350 hours chill. Dwarfing characteristics makes this an ideal backyard variety. An excellent all-round variety with the added bonus that it doesn’t seem to be affected by fruit fly. Partially self pollinating but benefits from pollination with Gulfruby, Gulfblaze.

Dwarf Lemonade

This sweet juicy fruit tastes like lemonade, is devoid of bitterness and can easily be eaten as a fresh fruit. The tree often has thorns and bears several heavy crops each year. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf lemonade tree that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Blueberry - Powderblue

Noted because the fruit has a powdery blush and is medium in size. It is one of the toughest blueberry varieties with a harvest later in the season. A bigger harvest can be achieved by mixing with other varieties such as the tifblue or others will suit. A great selection for QLD and northern NSW as they don't need many chill hours for the fruit to set. Often the white flowers have a flush of pink. Grows well in pots and has thick enough foliage to be used as a hedge in summer but lets the light through in winter.

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet

A low chill, delicious and crunchy apple, very similar to the Jonathon. Bears two weeks before Anna. On a semi dwarfing rootstock, ideal for backyard plantings and container specimens.

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden

Sweet aromatic apple with yellow fruit and a delightful pink blush and firm white flesh. Low chill requirement allows it to be grown in subtropical climates. Grafted on a dwarfing rootstock they are ideal for backyard plantings.

Blueberry - Brightwell

Often called Rabbiteyes this is one of the hardiest of all the blueberries. Berries often form like grapes in thick clusters. This variety is often in the shops due to it's larger size and bigger harvest. It ripens in the middle or end of the blueberry harvesting season. It is self fertile but you can increase it's yield by planting it near other varieties. This variety is very well suited for the home orchard.

Blueberry - Misty

One of the most attractive Blueberries with bluish green leaves which contrast perfectly with striking pink and white spring flowers. You can get an even bigger harvest when planted with other varieties. Because of low chill hours it is a favorite in the subtropics. The Misty is one of the first varieties to fruit and the size is medium to large. Their flavour is sweet and spicy and perform brilliantly in pots.

Dwarf Tangello - Minneola

A dwarfing mandarin-grapefruit cross that is the juiciest of all citrus. Flavour is very rich and best eaten when fully ripe. The Dwarf Tangello is a heavy cropper. Citrus reticulata x paradisi

Dwarf Apple - Tropical Anna

Delicious crunchy apples similar to their cold climate cousins, Red Delicious, but only require a low amount of chill. On a dwarf rootstock they are ideal for backyard plantings and container specimens.

Grumichama - Black

The tropical equivalent of the cherry. The purplish-black fruit 2cm diameter are produced in clusters. Flesh white, melting and tasty. Mostly used for fresh eating, but also highly prized for jams, jellies and pies.

Natal Plum

Ornamental shrub with fragrant flowers and edible plum like fruit. With its sharp spines or thorns, Natal plum makes a very effective and almost impenetrable hedge.

Dwarf Apple - Granny Smith

The Dwarf Granny Smith apple tree has a tart-tangy, crisp flavour and bright green skin. One of the best apples for eating out of hand and a very good cooking apple because of its ability to retain flavour.

Dwarf Orange - Cara Cara

This variety was discovered in Venezuela in 1976. It is smaller than many other navel selections but has pink flesh similar to Star Ruby grapefruit. In South Africa it matures slightly earlier than Washington navel. Although Cara Cara has yet to be evaluated fully under Australian conditions there is considerable interest in it locally. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Grapefruit - Honneffs Surprise

An Orange-Grapefruit cross with heavy crops of dark orange skinned fruits. The sweet fruit has a thin rind, few seeds and is very juicy.

Miracle Fruit

Although not sweet itself this miraculous fruit, consumed fresh and allowed to coat the mouth alters your tastebuds so that everything you eat for around 30 minutes afterwards tastes sweet. Attractive potted plant.

Blueberry - Biloxi

A great choice for hotter climates with very little chill hours. It is often the first variety to hit the markets ripening a few weeks before other early blueberry varieties. The fruit is firm and the size is medium. Even though it fruits early it can often produce a second harvest later in the season although it's first time to fruit yields the best harvest. Best to mix with other varieties so that when this one is not fruiting another variety is.

Acerola Cherry - Florida Sweet

Heavy cropper of cherry like fruit. When fully ripe the fruit is juicy and aromatic with its acid content giving it a sweet acid apple-like flavour. Fruits are extreemly high in vitamin c. Attactive pink flowers make this a very ornamental shrub.