Fruit plants and ornamentals whose fruit is edible. Not every fruit can be eaten raw: check the description and the toxicity data on the plant page before planting.
57 plants from our verified database, by name. A plant is only listed when the data this list relies on is not in doubt. How our data is made
Prunus dulcis 4 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
The earliest fruit tree to flower: the white and pink blossom on bare branches in late winter and early spring makes it worth growing as an ornamental…
Malus domestica 4 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
The best known garden fruit tree: it is covered in white and pink blossom in spring, and the fruit ripens from late summer to autumn depending on…
Prunus armeniaca 4 m × 4 m after 10 years
A fruit tree that covers itself in white to pink blossom in early spring before the leaves, then gives fragrant fruit from early to midsummer that…
Rubus fruticosus 2.5 m × 3 m after 10 years
Blackberry is a vigorous fruiting plant with long arching canes that is best tied to wires or a fence. It is self-fertile, so one plant gives a…
Aronia melanocarpa 1.8 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
An undemanding, completely hardy fruiting shrub: flat heads of white flowers in May, clusters of black, astringent berries ripening in late summer and…
Ribes nigrum 1.5 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
Blackcurrant is a fruit bush with strongly aromatic leaves and distinctive, vitamin C rich berries that ripen in June and July. Most varieties are…
Sambucus nigra 4 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
A native, very fast-growing, spreading shrub or small tree that carries large, creamy white, strongly scented flower plates from late spring and…
Morus nigra 3.5 m × 3 m after 10 years
This is the mulberry with the best fruit: large, juicy, sweet-sharp, almost black berries that ripen in succession for weeks from midsummer, and a…
Prunus spinosa 3 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
A native, very thorny shrub that is covered in white blossom in early spring before the leaves, and one of the best wildlife hedges: impenetrable,…
Amelanchier canadensis 3 m × 2 m after 10 years
An upright, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree that is covered in white flower clusters in April before the leaves open, ripens edible,…
Prunus cerasifera 4.5 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
In gardens it is grown almost only in its purple-leaved forms: a small ornamental tree with a rounded crown that is covered in pale pink, scented…
Chaenomeles speciosa 2 m × 2 m after 10 years
A dense, spiny shrub that reaches head height and flowers in early spring before the leaves: depending on the cultivar the white, pink or red blooms…
Crataegus pinnatifida 3.5 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
A hawthorn grown as a fruit tree: gardens get the large-fruited form (var. major) and its cultivars, whose glossy red, apple-flavoured fruits of 2…
Akebia quinata 8 m × 3 m after 10 years
Chocolate vine is a fast twining climber with delicate five-fingered leaves that stay on in mild winters and chocolate-purple spring flowers with a…
Ficus carica 3 m × 3 m after 10 years
A shrub or small tree with big lobed leaves and a Mediterranean look that gives sweet fruit from late summer into autumn in a warm, sheltered spot.…
Crataegus monogyna 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A thorny large shrub or small tree that is covered in scented white blossom in May and loaded with red haws in autumn, much loved by birds. It makes…
Corylus avellana 4.5 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
A broad, multi-stemmed large shrub that is decorated with yellow catkins at the end of winter and bears hazelnuts in autumn; excellent for…
Juniperus communis 2.5 m × 80 cm after 10 years
A native, slow-growing evergreen with prickly needles and blue-black berry-like cones, planted in gardens mostly as its slender columnar cultivars for…
Cornus mas 3 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
A slow-growing, long-lived large shrub or small tree that covers itself in tiny yellow flowers at the end of winter, before the leaves, and is one…
Malus Ornamental Group 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A group of ornamental trees small enough for modest gardens: in April and May they are covered in white, pink or purple-red blossom, and in autumn…
Vaccinium macrocarpon 20 cm × 1.5 m after 10 years
A low, evergreen dwarf shrub whose creeping shoots knit into a mat and which ripens large, red, tart berries in autumn; it is self-fertile, so a…
Elaeagnus × ebbingei 2.5 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
A vigorous, dense evergreen shrub with leathery leaves that are glossy dark green above and silvery beneath, bearing tiny, barely visible but strongly…
Chaenomeles × superba 1.2 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
A low, spreading, thorny deciduous shrub that covers itself in large, waxy, mostly red flowers in early spring before the leaves, when little else…
Lycium barbarum 2 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
A thorny deciduous shrub with long, arching canes whose orange-red berries you know as goji: a single bush crops on its own without a pollination…
Ribes uva-crispa 1.5 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
Gooseberry is a low, thorny fruit bush that is often sold grafted on a one metre stem as a small standard, which makes picking easier and leaves…
Actinidia arguta 9 m × 6 m after 10 years
A vigorous twining climber that bears grape-sized, smooth-skinned kiwis you can eat whole in early autumn, while giving dense green shade over a…
Vaccinium corymbosum 1.5 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
Highbush blueberry is a handsome, dense shrub with white bell flowers in spring, blue berries in summer and fiery red leaves in autumn. It only…
Lonicera caerulea var. kamtschatica 1.5 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
Honeyberry is an undemanding, extremely hardy shrub that gives the earliest berries of the year: its powdery blue, elongated, sweet-tart fruit is…
Chaenomeles japonica 1 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
Japanese quince is a knee to waist high, wide-spreading thorny shrub that covers itself in orange-red flowers in early spring before the leaves, a…
Ziziphus jujuba 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A small, open-crowned tree with zigzag branches and glossy leaves that copes well with hot, dry summers and limy soil, and whose tiny fragrant flowers…
Actinidia deliciosa 6 m × 3 m after 10 years
A vigorous, fast-growing vine with large heart-shaped leaves that bears the fuzzy kiwifruit known from the shops and also shades a pergola. Most…
Cornus kousa 3 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
An elegant, slow small tree or large shrub that carries white, star-shaped bracts for weeks in late spring, then turns red in autumn and bears…
Mespilus germanica 3 m × 3 m after 10 years
A low, spreading little tree with slightly crooked branches, large dark green leaves, big white flowers in late spring and good autumn colour, so it…
Mahonia aquifolium 1.2 m × 1.2 m after 10 years
A slow-growing evergreen shrub with glossy, holly-like, spiny-edged leaves that copes with shade and part shade under trees, where few other shrubs…
Asimina triloba 3 m × 2 m after 10 years
A fully hardy fruit tree with an exotic look: the large, drooping leaves turn golden yellow in autumn and the custardy fruit, which tastes of banana…
Prunus persica 3.5 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
A fast-growing fruit tree that starts cropping early, with pink spring blossom and juicy fruit ripening from midsummer to early autumn; the…
Pyrus communis 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
An upright fruit tree with a narrower crown that is covered in white blossom in early spring and ripens its fruit from midsummer to autumn depending…
Carya illinoinensis 6 m × 4 m after 10 years
A huge, long-lived relative of the walnut that gives fine shade and sweet, buttery nuts, but only for a large garden: in time it becomes a broad…
Diospyros kaki 4 m × 3 m after 10 years
A small, round-headed tree with glossy leaves that turn orange-red in autumn, while the orange fruit hangs on decoratively long after leaf fall.…
Prunus domestica 4 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
A rewarding, heavy-cropping fruit tree: white blossom in spring, then fruit from midsummer to early autumn for eating fresh, jam, bottling and drying.…
Punica granatum 2.5 m × 2 m after 10 years
A dense, many-stemmed shrub with glossy leaves that carries vivid orange-red flowers through summer and turns yellow in autumn. It is self-fertile, so…
Aronia × prunifolia 1.8 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
An undemanding, very hardy berry shrub: white flower clusters in May, glossy purple-black berries in early autumn and bright red leaves before leaf…
Cydonia oblonga 3.5 m × 3 m after 10 years
A small, spreading, often multi-stemmed tree with large felted leaves and big white or pale pink flowers in late spring, so it is attractive as an…
Rubus idaeus 2 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
Raspberry is a suckering cane fruit: summer types crop on last year's canes, autumn types on the current year's shoots, sometimes right into autumn.…
Aronia arbutifolia 2 m × 1.2 m after 10 years
An upright, slender shrub grown for its flaming red autumn foliage and for the glossy red berries that stay on the stems well into winter; white,…
Ribes rubrum 1.5 m × 1.5 m after 10 years
Redcurrant is an easy, low fruit bush that carries long strings of tart berries in June and July. A single bush crops on its own because it is…
Sorbus aucuparia 5 m × 3 m after 10 years
A slender small tree with an open crown that offers white flower clusters in spring, orange-red berry bunches from late summer and yellow to reddish…
Amelanchier alnifolia 3 m × 2 m after 10 years
An extremely hardy, multi-stemmed fruiting shrub: white flower clusters cover it in spring, sweet, dark blue, blueberry-like berries ripen in early…
Hippophae rhamnoides 3 m × 2.5 m after 10 years
A large thorny shrub with silvery, willow-like leaves whose orange, very sour, vitamin C rich berries ripen in autumn and stay decorative into winter.…
Amelanchier lamarckii 6 m × 6 m after 10 years
This airy small tree or multi-stemmed shrub brings white spring blossom, edible summer fruit and bright autumn colour. It suits specimen planting,…
Prunus cerasus 4 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
Sour cherry is a smaller and less demanding fruit tree than sweet cherry: it flowers later, so spring frost takes the crop less often, and it copes…
Rubus illecebrosus 60 cm × 1 m after 10 years
A low subshrubby bramble that behaves like a herbaceous perennial: the prickly shoots die back in winter and resprout from the ground, with large…
Prunus avium 4.5 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
Sweet cherry is covered in white blossom in spring and gives the first fresh fruit of summer from late May to July. It is sold grafted and the…
Castanea sativa 6 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
A huge, spreading tree that lives for centuries, worth planting for its roasting chestnuts and deep shade, but only where there is real room: in…
Corylus colurna 6 m × 3.5 m after 10 years
A straight-trunked tree with a regular, cone-shaped crown and dense shade that takes drought, heat and city air well, which makes it a popular…
Juglans regia 6 m × 5 m after 10 years
Walnut is a huge, long-lived shade tree that gives one of the most valuable crops of the garden in autumn, but plant it only where a crown 15 to 20…
Morus alba 6 m × 5 m after 10 years
A fast-growing, tough, wide-crowned tree that copes with heat, drought, chalky soil and city air, and in early summer drops sweet white, pink or…
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