We have one of the broadest selections of bare root apple trees available in the United States. Whether you have a spacious backyard or limited garden space, we offer a range of apple trees suitable for your needs. These trees are perfect for growing your own apples, ensuring a hands-on approach to fruit cultivation.

Apple trees ( Malus domestica) exhibit vibrant green foliage and white-pink blossoms in spring, attracting pollinators. They grow 10-40 feet tall, with a spreading canopy. The fruits vary in color—red, green, or yellow. In autumn, leaves turn yellow, orange, or red, adding seasonal beauty to the landscape. Apple trees are believed to have originated in Central Asia, particularly in the area around Kazakhstan, where wild apple trees (Malus sieversii) still grow. These trees were likely spread along the Silk Road and further cultivated and hybridized across Europe and Asia over centuries.

Our trees, typically late-blooming, thrive in full sun, well-drained soil, and moderate fertility, ensuring a robust growth environment. They grow to their full size, becoming impressive in stature. Worried about common issues like codling moth, apple scab, powdery mildew, or gophers? Fear not! Our trees are chosen for their disease-resistant qualities, providing you with resilient and healthy plants.

Explore our selection of semi-dwarf trees, grafted onto M-111 rootstock known for its adaptability to wet, dry, and poor soils. Resisting woolly apple aphids and collar rot, M-111 is an excellent all-around rootstock. Semi-dwarf trees typically reach heights of 15'-25', but with proper pruning, you can maintain them at the size you desire and encourage the growth of side branches. Expect these 1-2-year-old trees to bear fruit in 4-5 years, promising a bountiful harvest.

For those with limited space, consider our dwarf trees grafted onto Geneva 935 or M-27 rootstocks. These dwarf fruit trees are ideal for smaller gardens. M-27 trees reach a compact 6-8 ft., while Geneva 935 trees are dwarfed to 8-10 ft. and boast heavier fruit bearing. These extremely dwarfing rootstocks are perfect for high-density planting, small garden spaces, and even container growing.

Ensure successful pollination by choosing the right pollinizer if your selected apple variety is not self-fertile. Start your journey into apple cultivation with our carefully curated selection of disease-resistant, productive, and space-efficient trees. Learn how to prune apple trees effectively to maximize their potential. Happy planting and buy apple trees!

Benefits of Bare Root Apple Trees

Bare root apple trees offer numerous benefits for gardeners looking to grow their own delicious apples. These trees, including varieties like Golden Delicious, Empire, and Cortland, are sold with their roots intact, ensuring healthy growth and a strong start when planted in well-drained soil.

Bare root fruit trees are cold hardy, easy to plant, and ideal for large crops of apples, providing excellent pollination when paired with the right pollination group. With careful pruning and proper planting, these trees grow efficiently in smaller spaces, yielding beautiful, delicious fruit in just a few years. Order online for convenient shipping and expert instructions to guide you through planting and growing your apple trees, ensuring a bountiful harvest for baking, cooking, or fresh eating.

Our Bare Root Apple Tree Varieties

Our selection of bare root apple trees offers a range of cold hardy and high-yielding apple trees for gardeners and growers. Whether you're looking for fruit for baking, cooking, or simply enjoying fresh apples, we have varieties suited for all purposes. These bare root trees are easy to plant and grow, providing you with large crops of delicious apples year after year. Plus, they’re available for order online with shipping right to your door!

Available Varieties:

• Lowland Raspberry Apple

• Mother Apple

• Old School Apple

• Reinette Franche Apple

• Scarlet Apple

• Honey Crisp Apple Tree

• Fuji Red Apple Tree

• Gala Apple Tree

• Granny Smith Apple Tree

• Golden Delicious Apple Tree

• Dwarf Fuji Apple Tree

• Dwarf Granny Smith Apple Tree

• McIntosh Apple Tree

• Pink Lady Apple Tree

• Anna Apple Tree

• Golden Dorsett Apple Tree

Key Features:

• Our bare root fruit trees arrive with healthy, moist roots to help them thrive once planted.

• Each tree comes with detailed planting instructions to ensure optimal growth and flowering.

• These trees are adaptable to a variety of soil types and climates, with many growing well in zones 3-9.

• Bare root apple trees are available for different apple varieties, including the delicious Golden Delicious, and Empire varieties.

• All trees are sold at a competitive cost, with some trees offering a caliper suited for your space.

• Ideal for shade trees, bare root apple trees help you grow beautiful plants and fruit for years to come.

Planting a bare root apple tree in your garden is an easy way to enjoy homegrown fruit that will ripen each season. Whether you’re a first-time gardener or a seasoned grower, these trees offer the best way to add beauty, shade, and fruit to your landscape.

Tree Sizes and Rootstocks

Our bare root apple trees come in a variety of sizes and are grafted onto carefully selected rootstocks to ensure optimal growth and fruit production. We offer bare root fruit trees on both semi-dwarf and dwarf rootstocks, such as M-111 and M-27, which allow for easy planting in smaller spaces or high-density gardens, perfect for growing large crops of apples like Golden Delicious and Empire. These bare root trees are cold hardy and adaptable to a wide range of soil types, ensuring success in various zones and weather conditions. Whether you're looking to grow apples for baking, cooking, or enjoying fresh fruit, our bare root apple trees will thrive with proper pruning and planting, providing you with delicious apples year after year. Order online today for convenient shipping and expert instructions to help you grow your perfect apple tree!

Pollination and Harvesting

For successful pollination, ensure you select apple trees within the same pollination group, as many varieties like Golden Delicious and Empire are not self-fertile. By planting compatible bare root apple trees, you can promote cross-pollination, resulting in large crops of delicious apples. After the flowering period, expect your bare root fruit trees to start ripening in 4-5 years, with harvest depending on the season and weather. Pruning and proper planting will help maximize the tree's potential, providing you with a bountiful fruit harvest for baking, cooking, or fresh enjoyment. Order online today and enjoy a fruitful garden with easy-to-grow bare root trees!

Why Buy Bare Root Apple Trees From Us?

When you buy bare root apple trees from us, you're getting cold hardy, high-quality bare root fruit trees that are perfect for growing delicious apples year after year. Our bare root apple trees are carefully selected to ensure healthy roots, making planting easy and ensuring your apple tree thrives in various soil types and weather conditions. With a variety of apple tree varieties like Golden Delicious, Empire, and Cortland, and detailed planting instructions, you'll enjoy large crops of fresh, beautiful apples for baking, cooking, or fresh eating. Plus, you can conveniently order online and have your trees delivered directly to your door, ready for planting and growing in your garden.

Resource Center

Visit our Resource Center to learn more about planting apple trees and enjoy these other resources from academic centers across the country:

1. Training and Pruning Apple Trees in Intensive Orchards - Authored by Richard P. Marini, Extension Tree Fruit Specialist at Virginia Tech, and reviewed by Sherif Sherif, Assistant Professor of Horticulture and Extension Specialist at the Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech. This publication focuses on training and pruning techniques in intensive apple orchards.

2. Growing Apples in the Home Orchard - Written by Gary Gao, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Small-Fruit Extension Specialist at OSU South Centers, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at The Ohio State University. This paper provides comprehensive information on cultivating apples in a home orchard environment.

3. From Orchard to Table: Apples! - Lead authors Julie Garden-Robinson, Ph.D., R.D., L.R.D., Food and Nutrition Specialist, and Esther McGinnis, Ph.D., Extension Horticulturist, from NDSU Agriculture. This publication discusses various aspects of growing apple trees, the health benefits of apples, and tips for preserving and preparing them.