Fruit

Deciduous upright shrub with an arching bush growth habit.  Produces small white/pink flowers followed by dark blue berries that have a sweet flavour.  Eventual height and spread: 1.5m (5ft).  Cropping season: August.  Self fertile, but cross pollination will encourage a greater yield.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

Originating from the famous Knott’s Berry Farm in California, this superb hybrid berry is a complicated cross between a blackberry, loganberry, dewberry and raspberry!  It is vigorous and a prolific cropper.  The fruit is round to oblong in shape and dark purple in colour, they have a unique flavour that combines the tartness fo good old-fashioned wild blackberries with a sweet hint of raspberry.  The berries can be eaten fresh or used for bramble and apple jelly or pie fillings.  Boysenberries are undemanding, disease/drought resistant and extremely easy to grow.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

Pilgrim produces one of the largest and reddest fruits of any cranberry.  It has a low growing spreading habit with attractive bronze coloured evergreen leaves – leathery in texture – that turn a rich red in autumn and winter.  Pink red flowers in midsummer are followed by glossy, dark red berries with a distinctive tart flavour. Ideal for culinary use in sauces, compotes or juicing.  The berries are rich in vitamin C and antioxidants.  Suited to container growing and will also do very well in hanging baskets that suits its cascading habit.  Pilgrim is one of the few cranberries that does not require boggy, saturated soil to produce high yields, acidic soil however is essential. Where conditions allow, Pilgrim will grow into an attractive sprawling and ornamental plant giving excellent ground coverage.  Eventual height: 30cm (12”).  Eventual spread: 75cm (30”).  Cropping season: late September/October. 

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

One of nature’s best kept secrets!  Originating in the Himalayan highlands, it is thought to be one of the most powerful nutritional and anti-ageing foods.  The attractive red berries have a mild, sweet liquorice flavour and contain more vitamin C than an orange!  They can be eaten fresh or dried on their own, or put in with muesli.  The fruit is also rich in anti-oxidants and trace elements.  Hardy and drought tolerant, Gojiberries are extremely easy to grow and highly prolific.  The berries are best harvested by gently shaking the branches to avoid damaging the fruit by hand picking.  Eventual height: 3½m (11½ft).  Eventual spread: 2m (6½ft).  Cropping season: late summer through to first frosts. Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

A truly exceptional variety!  Without a doubt, one of the best and most reliable autumn fruiting varieties.  Bliss is a heavy cropper from late August through until the first frosts with the highest yield coming in September.  The attractive berries are large with a firm texture, and the flavour is excellent.  The fruit is mid-dark red in colour and has good keeping qualities.  The short, erect, spiny cane are sturdy and need only minimal support.  Bliss has good disease resistance to Root Rot.  Primocane variety – produces fruit on the first years growth.  An excellent British bred variety – very highly recommended.  Cropping season: late August-mid October.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

An exceptional variety!  One of the best and heaviest cropping mid-season varieties around, second only to Glen Doll.  The spine-free cane are upright and vigorous and produce long fruiting laterals with sparse foliage for easy picking.  Exceptionally high yields of very large, bright fruit of superb flavour.  The fruit also holds well without spoiling.  Ample has a good level of disease resistance.  Cropping season: mid July-August.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

Popular early fruiting variety.  The ripe fruit heralds the start of the raspberry picking season in many parts.  Clova produces high yields of small but firm fruit that is very flavoursome and succulent.  Glen Clova has excellent keeping qualities and also freezes well.  Disease resistant.  Cropping season: early-late July.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

A vigorous summer fruiting raspberry that is an excellent cultivar for the home garden.  The upright cane have a large diameter and minimum spines allowing for a simple pain-free picking experience.  The fruit is a stunning dark red and their size is exceptional – some berries have been known to weigh in at 7g!  The berries are fleshy, conical, and have a superbly sweet and aromatic flavour.  Magna is a high yielder and shows good disease resistance particularly to aphid and bushy dwarf virus.  Excellent for freezing.  Cropping season: mid July-mid August.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

Widely used commercially.  Extremely high yields of very good quality round, firm fruits of medium-large size and excellent flavour.  The fruit holds well on the cane and is easily removed from the plug when picked.  The cane are spine-free upright and vigorous.  Heavy cropper.  Resistant to aphid and virus.   Easy to grow and control variety.  Cropping season: mid July-mid-August.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

Popular variety fruiting from August well into the Autumn.  The high quality fruit produced is juicy and firm, it also has an excellent flavour and a delicious aroma.  The cane are very vigorous and are resistant to Powdery Mildew.  The sturdy upright canes are virtually spine-free and do not require support, thereby making it an ideal variety for container growing.  Will perform best in the warmer climes of southern counties.  Primocane variety – produces fruit on the first years growth.  Cropping season: late August-mid October.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

Popular strong growing variety.  The erect cane are spine free, vigorous and produce a high fruit yield.  The large berries are long and firm with an excellent flavour.  Strong resistance to disease and virus making it a good variety to grow organically.  An excellent choice if you are restricted to one variety – one of the best garden varieties.  Cropping season: mid July-mid August.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

The last of the summer varieties to bear fruit making it ideal for extending the season.  Large firm fruits with a superb aromatic flavour.  The berries are a strong orange-red colour.  Although not the heaviest of croppers, the cane are tall and vigorous with good resistance to both aphid and botrytis.  Good for freezing.  Cropping season: late July-late August.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

An abundant and vigorous early fruiting raspberry with thorny stems.  The large, rosy red fruits are long and firm with a good flavour, and are ready for harvest in early summer.  This culviar is heavy cropping, virus resistant and tolerant of poor soils.  Ideal for all purpose use – eating fresh, freezing or jam making.  Malling Promise is a well established variety that is a firm favourite with gardeners.  Cropping season: July.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

Superb autumn fruiting variety bred in Poland.  Renowned for the exceptional quality and consistency of its fruit, producing berries with an average weight of over 6g!  The large berries are conical in shape, medium red in colour with a superb sweet, aromatic flavour and an outstanding shelf life.  The fruit ripens approximately ten days earlier than Autumn Bliss and continues until the first frosts, giving heavier cropping potential.  The highest yield comes during August.  The vigorous cane are virtually spine-free and have good disease resistance.  Primocane variety – produces fruit on the first years growth.  Cropping season: mid August-November.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

Bred in Canada, Tulameen is now one of the most popular summer fruiting varieties due to its versatility and the quality of its fruit.  A truly outstanding variety with extremely high yields of superb quality glossy fruits that have an excellent, sweet aromatic flavour.  The berries are large, bright red and have a distinctive conical shape.  The fruit is borne on long, almost spine-free laterals, making them very easy to pick.  An excellent variety for growing in pots/containers where the long canes can be trained up an obelisk or bamboo cane wigwam.  Resistant to botrytis.  Cropping season: mid July-mid August.  Self fertile.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

A late fruiting Dutch variety with a strong, dense, upright growth habit.  The pale pink fruit is large and firm, hanging in long clusters – it also keeps well on the bush.  The currants have an acidic flavour with a strong aroma and are suitable for a whole range of purposes.  Will grow well in most soil but prefers a sunny position and the ground must be free from water-logging.

Features:

• For the best results from your soft fruit plants Polhill Garden Centre recommends that you plant them in a nice sunny open site using a good quality planting compost. They will also benefit from a good feed with fertiliser like Fish,Blood and Bone in the springtime.

A fruiting fig trained as a standard. Best grown in a sunny position in a well drained soil, this plant has large deep green lobed leaves. Fruits will ripen in late summer.

Here at Polhill we recommend that you use a good quality compost mixed with your garden soil when planting in the ground. If going into containers then a good multipurpose compost or John Innes compost is recommended

A patio variety of the Peach plant. Small single flowers in the spring are followed by juicy peaches in late summer. Best grown in a sunny position in a moist yet well drained soil.

Here at Polhill we recommend that you use a good quality compost mixed with your garden soil when planting in the ground. If going into containers then a good multipurpose compost or John Innes compost is recommended

A patio variety of the Nectarine plant. Small single flowers in the spring are followed by juicy nectarines in late summer. Best grown in a sunny position in a moist yet well drained soil.

Here at Polhill we recommend that you use a good quality compost mixed with your garden soil when planting in the ground. If going into containers then a good multipurpose compost or John Innes compost is recommended