Flavortop Nectarine Tree

The Flavortop Nectarine is a great choice for a ‘peach’ that lacks that annoying fuzzy skin, and so can be eaten without peeling. The yellow flesh is exceptionally sweet and tasty and comes easily away from the stone. These features make it the ideal choice for a fruit to eat straight from the hand, so it is a hot favorite with children. Not only is this nectarine a vigorous and highly productive tree, it is exceptionally attractive in spring, with its rich pink flowers festooning the bare branches. So you enjoy a beautiful flowering tree that also gives delicious fruit and is relatively easy to care for. Self-pollinating, so just one tree carries a full crop, it is hardy in all but the coldest growing zones, grows well in hot areas, and will grow happily in any sunny position in soil that is well-drained.

• Large, sweet fruit with red skin and plenty of flavor
• Beautiful large, pink blossoms on bare branches in spring
• Self-fertile, so one tree gives a full crop
• Vigorous and fast-growing, you will soon be harvesting fruit
• Ideal for warmer zones, needing only limited winter chill

Plant the Flavortop Nectarine in full sun, in a rich, moist, but well-drained soil. It enjoys acidic soils, but will grow fine in neutral and even slightly alkaline ones. Prepare the planting spot well with rich compost or rotted manure, and use more, as a mulch, over the root-zone, keeping it clear of the trunk. If planting in a lawn don’t allow the grass to grow over the root zone for the first years, and keep string trimmers well away from the trunk. Like peaches, it may be susceptible to a variety of pests or diseases, but few are really serious, so you can easily harvest a reasonable crop if you give your tree a little attention. Pruning is needed for a good crop – see the detailed description for instructions.