The Fruitful Potager

The Fruitful Potager Great selection of fruiting plants, veges, herbs, perennials, bulbs, dahlia. Plus any growing advice you need. Open by appointment only over winter.

lillies, shrubs, specimen trees, natives, alpines, rockery plants and more including unusual varieties. Specialising in heirloom varieties we supply a wide range of edible plants, perennials, alpines, shrubs, trees and more for the home gardener who wants quality, hardy plants or something a little different. EFTPOS available.

New seasons Roses are all potted up ready to take off in spring. We have Mum in a Million, Birthday Present, Claude Mone...
16/06/2026

New seasons Roses are all potted up ready to take off in spring. We have Mum in a Million, Birthday Present, Claude Monet, Midnight Blue, Stardust, Blue Moon and David Austin English roses Gertrude Jekyl, The Lady Gardener, Gabriel Oaks, Vanessa Bell, Eustacia Vye and Desdemona. All $43.90 each

Something to brighten up a rainy, grey old day! Peach kirin evergreen azalea is one of my favourites: softly coloured to...
15/06/2026

Something to brighten up a rainy, grey old day! Peach kirin evergreen azalea is one of my favourites: softly coloured to fit in anywhere, a nice small compact grower to around 60cm and will tolerate some sun. $23.90

There are still a number of chrysanthemums flowering away. Amazingly long lasting in a vase. $22 each or 3 for $60. Open...
09/06/2026

There are still a number of chrysanthemums flowering away. Amazingly long lasting in a vase. $22 each or 3 for $60. Open by no obligation appointment. Just message.

With the days cooling down now is the best time to get your fruit trees in the ground while they are dormant.   All $64....
08/06/2026

With the days cooling down now is the best time to get your fruit trees in the ground while they are dormant. All $64.90 unless indicated. Here's what we have in stock

- Apple Granny Smith -the classic green eating apple, crisp with great flavour.
- Apple Egremont Russet - old English apple from the 19th Century, small round golden apples with sweet, tasty flesh. Compact, upright habit and self-fertile. Mid-season.
- Apple Monty's Suprise - was a seedling discovered in NZ. Its large apples can be eaten fresh, but they are very good cooking apples
- Apple Rubee Red - a newbie for us but sounds yum with crisp, sweet, white flesh and bright red skin. It's a cross between Pacific Rose and Liberty and on a semi dwarfing rootstock to 3-4m tall. Disease resistant. Pollinate with Egremont Russet (also in stock)
- Apple Lady in Red - pink-red blushed skin and crisp, white flesh with a great balance of tart and sweet. bred for high quality fruiting (pollinate with Granny Smith (in stock), Gala or Fuji
- Apple Coxs Orange Pippin - an heirloom from 1825. Rich, aromatic and nutty in flavour.

-Apricot Moorpark - soft, juicy, free stone apricot with deep yellow fuzzless skin. Eat fresh, bottle or dry. Mid season. Self fertile. Heirloom
-Apricot Cluthalate - late season variety fruiting about 2 weeks after Moorpark. Medium size with sweet juicy flesh. Self fertile
-Apricot Garden Annie - good size semi-freestone bright yellow fruit that are firm and juicy. Semi-dwarf tree. Early season. Self fertile.

-Cherry Stella - large, sweet, dark red fruit. Good producer and pollinator for other varieties. Heavy reliable bearer. Mid-season. Self fertile.
-Cherry Compact Stella - as above but on a dwarf rooting stock to 3-4m, easily pruned to size
-Cherry Rainer - large yellow fruit with pink blush. Pair with a Stella or Lapins for pollination.
-Cherry Lapins - dark red fruit with firm juicy flesh. Self fertile
-Cherry Grumpy - a tart cherry with a naturally dwarf weeping form.

- Nashi Nijiseiki - creamy white crisp flesh. Also great as a pollinator for any pear. Self fertile

-Healy's Peacherine - actually a nectarine/peach cross. Great eating and bottling. Sweet and juicy flesh. Late season. Self fertile. ($75)

-Pear Packhams Triumph - the classic green, crunchy pear found in the supermarkets. Like most pears this will need a pollinator (we have options in the nursery). Early season.
-Pear Red Bartlett - scarlet skinned pear on a smaller growing tree

-Plum Duffs early - one of the first to ripen, cropping heavily. All purpose with good flavour. Self fertile
- Plum Satsuma - blood red plum with juicy flesh. Partially self fertile or pollinate with Santa Rosa
- Plum Santa Rosa - medium to large purple skin with pink tinged yellow juicy flesh with a tangy flavour. Early to mid season. Self fertile
-Plum Luisa - oblong shaped plum with excellent flavour and meaty texture. Self fertile
-Plum Purple King- very large purple skinned, yellow flesh. Sweet and juicy.
-Plum Spring Satin - an interesting plum apricot cross. Semi dwarf tree.

-Quince Smyrna - very large, golden yellow, aromatic fruit. Self fertile

-Almond All in One. Heavy crops of soft shell nuts. Self fertile.

Plus, lots of berries and citrus to choose from. Open by no obligation appointment over winter. Get in touch.

Last chance to order bare root roses! Unpacking the box and starting to sort through today so pick ups will be starting ...
05/06/2026

Last chance to order bare root roses! Unpacking the box and starting to sort through today so pick ups will be starting Monday (or maybe Sunday if everything goes well 🙂). Bare root (wrapped in pea straw and newspaper) are $37 - $39 depending on variety or potted $41.90 -$43.90.

Rose Mum in a Million has large, fully quartered, fragrant pretty rose pink blooms.Floribunda (more than one flower per ...
04/06/2026

Rose Mum in a Million has large, fully quartered, fragrant pretty rose pink blooms.
Floribunda (more than one flower per stem). Order now for pick up next week. Bare root $37/$41.90 potted

The beautiful small climber Birthday Present is a real winner.  So velvety and highly scented. Order now for pick up nex...
04/06/2026

The beautiful small climber Birthday Present is a real winner. So velvety and highly scented. Order now for pick up next week. Bare root $39, potted $43.90

Last couple of weeks to order NEW SEASONS ROSES: these will arrive in approximately the second week of June, so let me k...
26/05/2026

Last couple of weeks to order NEW SEASONS ROSES: these will arrive in approximately the second week of June, so let me know what you'd like! Bare root are $37 to $39 (roots wrapped in pea straw and paper for immediate planting) or potted $41.90 to $43.90 depending on variety.
Hybrid teas (one flower per stem):
Blue Moon (lilac, pictured) $37 BR/$41.90 P
Mum in a Million (large, fully quartered rose pink) $37 BR/$41.90 P
Floribunda (more than one flower per stem):
Claude Monet (bi-colour, pictured) $37 BR/$41.90 P
Midnight Blue (dark mauve/purple, pictured, highly fragrant) $39 BR/$43.90 P
Climbing:
Birthday present (dark velvet red, highly fragrant) $39 BR/$43.90 P
Pierre de Ronsard (large full blooms of creamy white/pink) $37 BR/$41.90 P
Stardust (berry pink striped with cream patio climber) $39 BR/$43.90 P
Souvenir de Mme Leonie Viennot (a long flowering old rose that will climb sheds and fences) $37 BR/$41.90 P
David Austins:
Crown Princess Margareta (warm apricot-orange, strong fruity fragrance) $39 BR/$43.90 P
Desdemona (pink buds to off white blooms with strong old-world fragrance) $39 BR/$43.90 P
Eustasia Vye (ruffled, glowing apricot pink with strong fragrance) $39 BR/$43.90 P
Gabriel Oak (deep, dark pink, full flowers) $39 BR/$43.90 P
Getrude Jekyll (rich pink, strong fragrance) $39 BR/$43.90 P
The Lady Gardener (large, full apricot blooms with strong fragrance) $39 BR/$43.90 P
Vanesa bell (pale lemon yellow) $39 BR/$43.90 P
The Fruitful Potager nursery, Timaru

Still a few END of SEASON CLEARANCE ROSES available. Chocolate Prince, Katheryn Morley, Leaping Salmon, Sir Edmund Hilla...
18/05/2026

Still a few END of SEASON CLEARANCE ROSES available. Chocolate Prince, Katheryn Morley, Leaping Salmon, Sir Edmund Hillary, Champagne Moment, Cottage Garden, Rhapsody in Blue, The Pilgrim, Loving Touch, Belle de Jour, Moppet, Cutue Pie. Were $41.90, now $25 each

END OF SEASON ROSE CLEARANCE!  We nedd to make way for the new seasons roses coming in soon so all the remaining roses f...
11/05/2026

END OF SEASON ROSE CLEARANCE! We nedd to make way for the new seasons roses coming in soon so all the remaining roses from last year, were $41.90, now only $25 each!
Chocolate Prince (russet chocolatey brown) x 2
Kiwi (reddish brown, fragrant) x 1
Belle de Jour (buff yellow, Rose of the year 2020) x 1
Forget Me Not (lilac, delicate fragrance) x 1
My Dad (golden yellow, fragrant) x 1
Margaret Meril (white with pink blush, fragrant) x 2
Remembrance (bright crimson, lightly scented) x 1
Champagne Moment (cream blooms) x 1
Cottage Garden (petite salmon pink flowers) x 1
Moppet (small pink continuous blooms on small bush, almost thornless) x 2
Cutie pie (masses of small coral peach blooms on compact bush) x 1
Loving Touch (compact patio with soft peachy-pink blooms) x 1

Climbing -
Coconut Ice (white/pale pink, slightly fragrant) x 1
Leaping Salmon (very fragrant) x 2
Sir Edmund Hillary (white, highly scented) x 1

David Austins -
Kathryn Morley (soft pink, string fragrance) x 1
The Pilgrim (soft yellow, soft fragrance) x 1

Shrub -
Rhapsody in Blue (purple tinged blue, sweetly fragrant) x 1

These have now been in a pot for nearly a year and will thrive once planted.

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316 Gleniti Road
Timaru
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