Nectarine Tree ‘Lord Napier’
- Happy growing in sunny parts of the UK
- Self-fertile for guaranteed fruit given warmth and full sun
- Freestone type- flesh doesn’t stick to the stone
Grow nectarine Lord Napier on your plot if it enjoys the exposure of full sun and is sheltered from the wind.
Lord Napier trees are one of the earliest and also largest fruiting nectarines, they have been grown very successfully in the UK since the early 1860’s!
When in the full sun the nectarines skin has a wonderful, dark red to purple blush. Inside the delicious juicy, white flesh has a melt-in-the-mouth texture. You can fully appreciate that is looks lovely and tastes as good as it looks.
Rootstock: Prunus Myrobalan
Flowering Group: Self-Fertile
Years until fruiting from planting: 2-4
Age of tree at despatch: 2
Height at full growth: 4m/13ft
Most of our trees are delivered as bare rooted specimens with approximate height of: 3.5ft – 5ft / 105cm – 140cm depending on the variety.
In order to ensure a good pollination pick fruit trees from within the same or from adjacent flowering groups.
We may prune your tree before it arrives to your door. We do this to encourage your tree to branch freely which makes them better looking and more productive.
