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Stepover 'Discovery' Apple Tree | Bare Root
- Early Season Variety: 'Discovery' is a popular dessert apple producing crisp, sweet-sharp fruit with a distinctive strawberry undertone, ready for harvesting in late August.
- Disease Resistance: Offers excellent natural resistance to common ailments such as scab, making it a low-maintenance choice for home gardeners.
- Bare Root Format: Supplied as a dormant plant without soil, which encourages faster root establishment and vigorous spring growth upon planting.
- Planting Requirements: Thrives in a sunny, sheltered position with fertile, well-drained soil; requires a pollination partner in the same or adjacent flowering group for best yields.
- Container Growing: Suitable for patio growing in a heavy pot with a minimum diameter of 50cm (approx. 40 litres); plant using a soil-based compost like John Innes No. 3 and ensure consistent watering.
- Training Form: Pruned and trained as a specific 'Stepover' cordon, featuring a short vertical trunk and horizontal lateral branches roughly 45cm from the ground, ideal for edging paths or beds.
$19.02
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- Early Season Variety: 'Discovery' is a popular dessert apple producing crisp, sweet-sharp fruit with a distinctive strawberry undertone, ready for harvesting in late August.
- Disease Resistance: Offers excellent natural resistance to common ailments such as scab, making it a low-maintenance choice for home gardeners.
- Bare Root Format: Supplied as a dormant plant without soil, which encourages faster root establishment and vigorous spring growth upon planting.
- Planting Requirements: Thrives in a sunny, sheltered position with fertile, well-drained soil; requires a pollination partner in the same or adjacent flowering group for best yields.
- Container Growing: Suitable for patio growing in a heavy pot with a minimum diameter of 50cm (approx. 40 litres); plant using a soil-based compost like John Innes No. 3 and ensure consistent watering.
- Training Form: Pruned and trained as a specific 'Stepover' cordon, featuring a short vertical trunk and horizontal lateral branches roughly 45cm from the ground, ideal for edging paths or beds.
