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If you’re searching for top-quality heirloom fruit trees for sale in New Zealand, you’re in the right place. Heirloom fruit trees bring tradition, flavour, and history into your garden. These time-tested varieties are prized for their unique characteristics, robust flavours, and adaptability to local growing conditions. Whether you’re an experienced orchardist or a keen backyard gardener, planting heirloom fruit trees not only provides delicious harvests but also helps to preserve our heritage varieties for future generations.

Persimmon 'Fuyu' orange fruit on a table.

Persimmon Fuyu

Persimmon 'Fuyu' is a highly prized deciduous fruit tree that produces crisp, sweet, non astringent fruit with outstanding flavour. Spectacular autumn foliage adds brilliant seasonal colour before the fruit matures, making this tree both ornamental and productive.

Suited to regions: All regions
Plant type: Fruit Trees
Height: 5.00 m
Spread: 3.00 m
Flowering time: Spring
Garden uses: Living areas
Garden styles: Backyard, City & Courtyard, Frontyard, Japanese, Mediterranean, Modern
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Nashi 'Nijisseiki'

Nashi Pear 'Nijisseiki' is a classic deciduous fruit tree that produces round, crisp, juicy pears with smooth golden green skin and a refreshing sweet flavour. It is renowned for its reliable cropping and excellent eating quality, making it a superb choice for home orchards and edible gardens throughout New Zealand.

Suited to regions: All regions
Plant type: Fruit Trees
Height: 5.00 m
Spread: 5.00 m
Flowering time: Spring
Garden uses: Living areas
Garden styles: Backyard, City & Courtyard, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern
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Pear Doyenne du Comice

Pear 'Doyenne du Comice' is a premium deciduous fruit tree renowned for producing exceptionally sweet, juicy pears with outstanding flavour and a...

From$340.69
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Nashi 'Hosui'

Nashi Pear 'Hosui' is a popular deciduous fruit tree that produces large, juicy pears with crisp, sweet flesh and a refreshing flavour. It crops...

From$340.69
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Pear Taylors Gold

Pear 'Taylors Gold' is a premium deciduous fruit tree renowned for producing sweet juicy golden pears with exceptional flavour and texture. A...

From$404.59
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Plum Omega

'Omega' Plum Tree is a popular fruiting tree valued for its delicious sweet dark red plums and reliable performance in New Zealand gardens. Flowering...

From$404.59
Plum 'Greengage' fruit.
Plum 'Greengage'

The ‘Greengage’ plum tree is a heritage variety prized for its lovely, green-skinned fruit with golden flesh. Renowned for its rich, honeyed flavour...

From$340.69
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Plum Hawera

The 'Hawera' Plum Tree is a productive deciduous fruit tree grown for its reliable crops of delicious plums and attractive spring blossom. It is well...

From$404.59
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Cherry 'Compact Stella'

'Compact Stella' Cherry is a compact sweet cherry tree that produces generous crops of large dark red cherries with rich sweet flavour. Its...

From$425.89
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Fig 'Brunswick'

Fig Brunswick is a popular fig variety known for its large, sweet fruit and reliable performance in New Zealand conditions. It produces green to...

From$28.91
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Cherry 'Dawson'

'Dawson' Cherry is a productive sweet cherry tree valued for its attractive blossom, reliable crops, and delicious dark red fruit with rich flavour...

From$425.89
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Apricot Sundrop

Apricot 'Sundrop' is a delicious apricot tree valued for its sweet golden fruit and attractive spring blossom display. This deciduous fruit tree...

From$404.59
Feijoa 'Unique' fruit on a tree.
Feijoa 'Unique'

Feijoa 'Unique' is a self-fertile variety highly regarded in New Zealand for its early fruiting and excellent flavour. It produces medium-sized...

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Feijoa 'Apollo'

Feijoa 'Apollo' trees produce tasty, medium-sized fruit in late autumn. This evergreen shrub typically grows to 3 m tall and 2 m wide but can be...

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Apricot Trevatt

Apricot 'Trevatt' is a popular apricot tree valued for its delicious sweet fruit and attractive spring blossom display. This deciduous fruit tree...

From$404.59
Black Doris' plums.
Plum Black Doris

The 'Black Doris' Plum is a popular variety that produces large and firm, purple-black fruit. The flesh is dark red, sweet, and juicy. White blossoms...

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Feijoa Antoinette fruit ready to eat.
Feijoa 'Antoinette'

Feijoa Antoinette produces tasty, medium-sized fruit in autumn. This evergreen shrub typically grows to 3 m tall and the same wide, though it can be...

From$35.81
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Quince 'Smyrna'

'Smyrna' Quince is a popular heritage quince variety that produces large fragrant golden fruit with outstanding flavour for cooking, preserving, and...

From$270.40
'Sanguine' Peaches cut in half on a table.
Peach 'Sanguine'

Peach 'Sanguine' is a distinctive heritage peach variety prized for its deep red flesh and rich intense flavour. This deciduous fruit tree performs...

From$404.59
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Apple 'Braeburn'

Apple 'Braeburn' is one of New Zealand's most popular apple varieties, renowned for its crisp texture, balanced sweet tart flavour, and excellent...

From$404.59
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Apple 'Wandin Glory'

Apple 'Wandin Glory' is a productive dessert apple grown for its crisp, juicy fruit with a well balanced sweet flavour. The attractive apples ripen...

From$425.89
'Hass' Avocado fruit.
Avocado 'Hass'

Avocado 'Hass' is the world’s most popular avocado variety, prized for its rich, creamy texture and excellent flavour. This evergreen fruit tree is...

From$199.95
Luisa' plum tree covered in yellow fruit.
Plum 'Luisa'

The 'Luisa' Plum is a popular variety that produces good yields of large, yellow-skinned fruit, blushed with red. The flesh is firm, yellow, sweet...

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Plum Billington

Billington plum trees produce sweet, juicy fruit that ripens early in the season, making them ideal for New Zealand gardens and orchards. These trees...

From$425.89
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Apple 'Golden Delicious'

'Golden Delicious' Apple is a highly popular apple variety renowned for its sweet flavour, crisp texture, and versatility. The attractive golden...

From$404.59
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Apple 'Liberty'

'Liberty' Apple is a popular apple variety renowned for its crisp texture, excellent flavour, and reliable performance in New Zealand gardens. The...

From$404.59
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Avocado 'Bacon'

Avocado 'Bacon' is a popular variety known for its smooth green skin, medium sized fruit, and mild, buttery flavour. This evergreen fruit tree is...

From$229.95
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Olive 'Verdale'

Olive 'Verdale' is a productive olive variety valued for its large fruit, excellent oil quality, and attractive silver green foliage. This evergreen...

From$34.43
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Olive 'Rakino'

Olive 'Rakino' is a hardy olive variety valued for its attractive silver green foliage, productive growth, and suitability to New Zealand conditions...

From$34.43
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Melia azedarach (Bead Tree)

Melia azedarach (Bead Tree, White Cedar) is a graceful deciduous tree valued for its attractive fern like foliage, fragrant clusters of lilac...

From$387.55
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Magnolia liliiflora Nigra (Magnolia Tree Nigra)

Magnolia liliiflora Nigra, commonly known as Black Lily, is a stunning tree that bears masses of large and showy, purple flowers from late winter...

From$270.40
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Olive 'Manzanillo'

Olive 'Manzanillo' is a popular olive variety prized for its large flavoursome fruit that is ideal for both table olives and oil production. This...

From$34.43
Persimmon Fuyu

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Why Choose Heirloom Fruit Trees?

Heirloom fruit trees are varieties that have been grown and passed down through generations, often before the rise of commercial nurseries and modern breeding techniques. They’re celebrated for their exceptional taste, diverse uses, and genetic resilience. By choosing heirloom fruit trees for your garden or orchard, you invest in plants that have withstood the test of time—and often resist common pests and diseases more effectively.

These trees deliver more than just nostalgia. Their fruit often has unique textures, tastes, and colours you won’t find in supermarket varieties. Imagine your own supply of aromatic apples, juicy plums, or richly flavoured olives, straight from the tree to your table.

Our Heirloom Fruit Tree Range

We offer a carefully curated selection of heirloom fruit trees for sale, chosen for their proven performance across New Zealand’s climate zones. Among our standout varieties is the Plum Omega, renowned for its rich flavour and suitability for fresh eating, preserving, and baking. Another heritage favourite is the Plum 'Greengage', an old-world variety treasured for its honey-sweet, green fruit.

If you’re seeking apples with history and heart, consider the disease-resistant Apple Liberty (Liberty Apple) or the reliable Apple Wandin Glory (Wandin Glory Apple), both robust additions to home orchards and well-suited to New Zealand conditions. Looking for something a little different? The Olive El Greco brings Mediterranean tradition into your backyard, offering flavourful olives from a heritage cultivar.

Planting and Caring for Your Heirloom Fruit Trees

Growing heirloom fruit trees in New Zealand is both rewarding and straightforward. Choose a sunny, well-drained spot for planting, and ensure trees have room to mature. Heirloom varieties often have lower maintenance needs but will thrive with regular mulching, occasional feeding, and seasonal pruning to encourage healthy growth and abundant fruiting.

Our fruit trees are grafted onto reliable rootstocks, ensuring they establish quickly and begin fruiting within a few years. Each variety we offer comes with expert planting advice to help you get the best results, whether you’re cultivating a mini orchard or slotting a special tree into your garden.

Start Your Heirloom Orchard

Bringing heritage flavours and fascinating stories into your own backyard is easy with our selection of heirloom fruit trees for sale. Explore favourite varieties like Plum Omega, Plum 'Greengage', Apple Liberty (Liberty Apple), Apple Wandin Glory (Wandin Glory Apple), or add something unique with Olive El Greco. With every tree you plant, you’re preserving the legacy of time-honoured cultivars—while enjoying exceptional seasonal harvests for years to come.


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Whether you need assistance finding the plant you’re looking for or you simply want to know more about who we are and what we do, we invite you to get in touch with us today. A member of The Plant Company team will get back in touch as soon as possible.

–The Plant Company

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