Dwarf Apple Tree in a pot.

[florentina1]

We were gifted some garden vouchers and are thinking of buying an Apple tree. Our garden is very hot. Does anyone have any advice on choice and Fter are.

How good are you at staying on top of the watering? If it's south facing and in a pot you'd need to keep your eye on it a lot. I've got a dwarf apple tree in my garden that could easily cope in a pot but I'd worry about how well it would cope with no water if it got forgotten. They need pruning too (she said, having forgotten to do this for 2 years, and now having a right state of a tree!).

Apple trees (and most fruit trees in general), don't cope well without water. I have apple trees in the ground and are quite old and they had to watered weekly last summer because it was so hot in my garden.

As wobblylondoner says, you will need to keep watering the tree so make sure the container is at least 50cm wide.

If your garden is hot and in the south, you might get away with an apricot. Some cultivars have been bred to grow well in the UK like these - www.pomonafruits.co.uk/fruit-nut-trees/apricot-trees/dwarf-apricot-tree-aprigold.

Be aware also that generally fruit trees grown in pots don't produce masses of fruit.

Thank you for the advice. We will have a rethink.

I have a weeping crab apple. It’s a glorious thing, marvellous blossom small red fruit and interesting branches even without leaves. Also hot sunny garden in the south.