The Cold Hardy Fruit Salad Tree brings the pleasure of a mixed stone-fruit orchard into one shared canopy. Nursery-selected compatible varieties may include peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots, allowing a single tree to produce fruit with different colors, textures, flavors, and ripening windows. In spring, the grafted scaffolds open flowers across the canopy, creating a beautiful display and encouraging pollinator movement from branch to branch. As summer arrives, the tree becomes an engaging orchard centerpiece: labeled limbs let gardeners follow each variety from bloom to harvest and compare the fruit directly. This is an especially useful choice where winter conditions demand hardier selections or planting space is limited. Success comes from treating every graft as an equal part of the tree, preserving balance so the full collection can mature into a productive, varied, and visually interesting canopy.Exact included varieties and graft count may change and cannot be selected. Plant in full sun and well-drained soil. Citation rootstock supports a semi-dwarf framework. Keep scaffold labels attached and prune annually so no vigorous variety overtakes weaker grafts.The nursery selects varieties for compatible bloom, making the assembled tree self-fruitful as a unit. Another stone-fruit tree is not required, but additional overlapping bloom can increase pollinator activity and add another harvest window.Cold Hardy "Fruit Salad" Multi-Grafted Fruit Tree Details Fruit: A nursery-selected mix of compatible peaches, nectarines, plums, and/or apricots Flavor and texture: Varies by graft, creating a range of sweet, tangy, firm, melting, and juicy fruit Best uses: Fresh eating, baking, freezing, canning, and preserves Harvest: early June – late July, with timing varying by region and season, depending on included varieties USDA zones: 5–9 Chill hours: About 700–800 hours Tree size: Semi-dwarf on Citation rootstock Pollination: Self-fruitful as a compatible multi-variety tree Recommended pollinizers or companions: Exact varieties vary; related choices include Harcot Apricot, Harko Nectarine, and Tomcot Apricot Special care: Retain scaffold labels and prune annually to balance vigor among every graft Something special: Multi-grafting creates a living fruit collection on one root system, giving a small-space orchard several harvest experiences. Orchard Planning Resources Bare Root Tree Selection Guide How to Plant Bare Root Trees Fruit and Nut Tree Characteristics Tree Rootstock Characteristics Chart
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