Apple Patio 'Elstar'
- Patio 'Elstar' is an expertly grafted small tree with versatile fruit and is perfect for growing in a patio pot.
- Medium sized dessert apples that are green at the bottom and flushed bright red above.
- Crunchy to bite into with a taste that's bursting with honeyed sweetness with a little acidity./LI>
- Splendid eaten fresh from the tree and great for cooking with, and they make a particularly good apple sauce!
- Supplied as an established tree grown on a dwarfing rootstock, 90-110cm (3ft) tall, in a 5L pot, ready to plant.
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- Patio 'Elstar' is an expertly grafted small tree with versatile fruit and is perfect for growing in a patio pot.
- Medium sized dessert apples that are green at the bottom and flushed bright red above.
- Crunchy to bite into with a taste that's bursting with honeyed sweetness with a little acidity./LI>
- Splendid eaten fresh from the tree and great for cooking with, and they make a particularly good apple sauce!
- Supplied as an established tree grown on a dwarfing rootstock, 90-110cm (3ft) tall, in a 5L pot, ready to plant.
Product Information
Grown to be the ideal size for growing in a pot on your patio, whilst still delivering a scrumptious crop of delicious apples, Patio 'Elstar' is an excellent choice if space is limited.
A versatile variety that is delicious and juicy eaten straight from the tree and this apple's honeyed sweetness balanced with acidic notes means it is also a great choice for cooking – superb in cakes and desserts and makes a great apple sauce! Producing medium-sized dessert apples, greenish-yellow at the base and flushing to an attractive red at the top, 'Elstar' are satisfying to bite into, their lemon-white flesh being crunchy but not too crisp. And, of course, they are bursting with juicy flavour when it's time to pick them in October.
By experty grafting to the M9 rootstock 20-30cm above soil level, we've been able to further restrict the already dwarfing habit to produce a wonderful yet productive patio tree. 'Elstar' is self-sterile, to it'll another apple tree nearby to pollinate it, either in your own garden or someone else's - not a problem with so many people now growing their own fruit and vegetables!
Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, harvesting for many years to come.
Supplied as an established tree, 90-110cm (3ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 5L pot, growing to a height and spread of 1.5m (5ft).
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Plant Care Information
Top Tips
- Keep well watered, and if growing in a pot, use a good quality, soil-based compost.
- Add Rootgrow Mycorrhizal Fungi to the roots when planting to help establish your tree more quickly.
- Place your tree in a sunny position for the best crops.
Care Information
- Apply a slow-release fertiliser such as blood, fish and bone, in early spring, and mulch to retain moisture.
- Water regularly, and don't let the soil dry out if planted in pots.
- Established trees don't require radical pruning - just take off any diseased, dying and damaged branches in late winter. Look at the overall shape and aim for an open structure of branches and remove any that cross over so they don't damage each other.
Planting/Flowering Calendar
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Fully Grown Plant Dimensions (approx)
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