Apples and other perennials are best planted in the fall and early spring to reduce stress and transplant shock. Most of our trees are bare root and ship out between January and March, they can and should be planted right away. If you live somewhere the soil is still frozen when you receive your tree, heel it into some soil or potting medium in a protected spot like unheated carport or garden shed, and plant it once the soil can be worked in the spring.

Our one year whips are typically sold between 3ft-5ft high. The amount of branching or feathering will depend on the age of the tree: whips have no branches or very small amount of branching known as feathers, while 2 and 3 year old trees are usually a little taller, between 4- 6' high and have more defined branching structures. The trees are also bare-root, usually bundled together in bags that are extremely compact for shipping and car travel. If your order is being shipped, the trees will be pruned down below those sizes prior to shipping in order to fit in the specialty boxes. 2 year old trees being pruned down for shipping boxes will still be more mature with older roots system and ready to bear fruit earlier.

Tress grafted onto rootstock like B9 are an ideal choice for dwarfing apple trees. These trees stay small for their whole lifespan, and are ideal for training techniques such as espalier. To learn about the rootstock sizes click HERE.

Apples are pollinated by insects that can fly long distances, so trees that are planted some distance apart still work as polination partners. If you have a tree in the front yard, and want to plant one in the back yard, that's probably fine; likewise with a neighbours apple across the street. Triploid apples (Gravenstein, King, Belle de Boskoop to name a few) have generally sterile pollen, so if you'd like one or two of these, we will definitely recommend you plant a crab apple (on any rootstock size) at the same time.

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For pick up or delivery on Vancouver Island or the Lower Mainland please contact us, or select an option from the drop down menu in the checkout, we're happy to arrange delivery during one of our trips off island. Shipping is with Canada Post between January and March. Please do not choose 3 year old tree for shipping! Due to the size of the size of the root and branch systems on the old trees, it's a squeeze to get into even our biggest boxes. It's best to choose 1 year old whips or 2 year trees for shipping.

Our reservation system opens in September. Trees are tagged for you until the trees fall dormant, then we ship with Canada Post or deliver them between January and March. From April 1 through to the fall we have a selection of potted apple trees available. These are suitable for delivery or pick up (but not shipping).

Shipping is with Canada Post once a week between Jan1st and March 15th only. Please do not choose 3 year old tree for shipping! Due to the size of the size of the root systems on the older trees, it's best to choose 1 year old whips or 2 year feathered trees. We do ship throughout Canada, but unfortunately, cannot ship to the Okanagan, Similkameen or Kootenay's due to Canadian regulations on certain plant materials. For long tree boxes Canada Post puts an additional surcharge of 30$ on top of normal shipping fees, per box. So we always do our best to bundle as many trees into each box and that is reflected in the shipping cost at the checkout.

We do not offer returns or refunds on plant material shipped with Canada Post at this time. If you had your trees delivered, or picked up please contact us.