Garden Delicious Dwarf Apple Tree
Malus pumila 'Garden Delicious'
Planting & Care
Planting & Care
Delivery and Shipping
Delivery and Shipping
Preorder Shipping Schedule
We ship your plants when it's safe to transport them to your zone. Dates are estimated and subject to weather delays.
| Zone 3-4 | Week of March 30th |
| Zone 5 | Week of March 16th |
| Zone 6-12 | Week of March 2nd |
Shipping Rates
Ships in 3-4 business days • Tracking provided • Weather protected
| Under $50 | $9.99 |
| $50 - $99.99 | $14.99 |
| $100 - $149.99 | $16.99 |
| $150 - $198.99 | $24.99 |
| $199+ | FREE |
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Description
Crisp and Sweet Garden Delicious Dwarf Apple Tree
- Early Season
- 600 Hours Chilling Requirement
- Excellent Flavor
- Can Be Sauced
- Makes Amazing Desserts
- Great Keeping Apple
- Enjoy Homegrown Apples, Even in Tiny Backyards
- Natural Dwarf Apple Tree Can Be Grow in Large Containers
- Fruit is Full-Sized
- Good Performance in Hot Climates
- Resistant to Apple Scab
- Self Pollinating
Boost your family's "Food Security" by growing your own fruit trees. Natural dwarfed Garden Delicious Apple trees make it easy.
Garden Delicious has greenish-yellow skin, slight russeting around the stem and a pretty red blush that deepens in cooler climates. It's a great-tasting, sweet and crisp backyard orchard variety that can fit just about anywhere.
Self-fruitful genetic dwarf plant fits into most any landscape in a sunny, well-drained spot. Who wouldn't love that!
These super cold-hardy trees can even be grown in large containers. They look so darling with white springtime blossoms and cute crops that ripen for an early-season harvest.
People across the country can get their homegrown fruit fix with these fantastic small trees. Garden Delicious apples have a crisp texture and hold up well during baking and cooking.
Go ahead and take the compliments for your scrumptious cobblers and pies. Cook them down into sauces for baby. They'll keep a long time in cold storage.
Even if you already have several varieties growing in a backyard orchard, you’ll appreciate disease-resistant Garden Delicious. These crisp keepers are a great addition to your edible landscape.
Order Garden Delicious Apple trees from Nature Hills today!
How to Use Garden Delicious Apple Tree in the Landscape
Grow these in the ground with Apple Babe partners and let them decorate your landscape as special accent trees. There is something very special about fruiting trees.
After all, these small trees are quite ornamental in their own right. Bright white springtime blooms for butterflies and edible crops each year are a nice benefit.
Create a mulched planting bed, and let them grow to their full height and spread. Try them along your fence in a sweet little orchard row.
Or, place them behind your patio furniture. You'll gain a fantastic privacy screen in summertime.
Add them to your modern Victory Garden. They make a wonderful backdrop to your annual vegetable patch.
Try a row of large containers along the edge of your deck or balcony. If you live in Zone 4 or 5, water them well in late fall, then cover the containers with winter protection wrap to protect the roots.
They also make a perfect tiny shade tree for a child's playhouse, chicken coop or dog run. Add them to Children's Gardens for an excellent learning opportunity.
Keep it easy for yourself. Remove lawn and mulch underneath Apple trees!
#ProPlantTips for Care
Plant Apple trees where they will get as much full sun as possible. Give them at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day.
Morning sun is best, as that is the “drying sun”. It helps keep your fruit tree healthy because the strong rays dry off the foliage very quickly.
Plan to water regularly, especially as the fruit is developing. Container-grown trees can be set up on drip irrigation systems to take just about all the work out of the process.
Add a three-inch layer of wood mulch to keep the root system nice and cool. Spread the mulch out three feet past the canopy.
Just be sure to pull the mulch back several inches all around the trunk. Please don’t let mulch touch the main trunk of your Garden Delicious tree.
In late winter, prune to shape the strong horizontal scaffolding branches. You'll want to eliminate branches that crowd the canopy at that time.
Keep your tree small with summer pruning for size control. Tip prune to an outside-facing bud at the height you want. Smaller trees make for easier harvests!
Place your order to grow your own great-tasting dessert apples. We'll sell out of this widely adaptable small Apple tree. If you see Garden Delicious in stock, order now!
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Growth RateModerate
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FragrantYes
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Bloom PeriodEarly Spring, Late Spring
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Does Not Ship ToAK, HI, ID, MT
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