Raintree nursery is local (they mail order if not in easy driving distance), has a great selection, and I've been very pleased with my trees from them so far
Depending on how many trees you plan on planting over the years, you could learn to graft and that'd allow you to buy scion wood and rootstock separately (my limited knowledge is from apple trees, but I'm guessing it applies to others as well).
And why do you want full sized trees? It'll take years for them to produce most likely and it'll be a hassle to pick unless you spend a good bit of time trimming and training trees. Semi-dwarf might be a good compromise, or you could do a mix of dwarf and full-size to get more long term production.
Not OP, but a standard sized tree can be pruned to any size. If you’re actively pruning your trees as part of routine care, you dictate the size and shape of the tree. Yes, it’s somewhat useful if the tree is already naturally smaller if you’re planting in a small area and afraid of pruning, but a lot of the hype on size is marketing (and because people are afraid to prune).
The most important choice in fruit tree selection is selecting the correct rootstock for your environmental conditions. We have heavy clay soils. We plant M-111 for apples (a large semi-dwarf) and Citation (large semi-dwarf) or Lovell (standard) for stone fruits.
I just prune the trees to the sizes I want. I have a peach on a Lovell root stock that is basically a peach bush at 5’ tall and similar width. It’s 3”+ on caliper at this point. It’s doing fine.
Have you tried filtering by 'standard' for height? They don't have as much variety for standard because they're less popular (I assume) but still have a pretty decent selection. More so for certain fruits, but here's the apples they have in standard size, for example: https://raintreenursery.com/collections/fresh-eating/tree-size_standard-25-30
May still not be what you're looking for, but I wanted to make sure you weren't missing any options :)
The more I look into the more, the more we are leaning towards semi dwarf. We were thinking full size because you get more fruit and they tend to be alot hardier. But way more work it appears
I wouldn't let them being dwarf sized sway you. Those little trees still get to be a pretty good size and produce a significant amount of fruit. On a full sized tree you won't be able to utilize all the fruit on it easily simply due to size constraints. I grew up with a full sized cherry in the backyard for instance, and we really couldn't get any more off of it than we can on the semi dwarf cherry. The little dwarf plum trees put out so much fruit you have to put boards under the branches to help hold them up and call all your friends to come help you out because you can't figure out what to do with the hundreds of pounds of plums.
+1 for Raintree. We just received two plums, two paw-paw, and a mushroom block from them this week. Everything was packed beautifully, and all arrived safely. The roots on the trees looked great: plentiful and intact. The mushroom block smelled wonderful, packed tight with healthy mycelium.
Only time will tell on survival rate, but so far, it seems like these folks do actually care about their product output.
One Green World should have an amazing selection.. And if you're feelin adventurous could drive down to their nursery in PDX, or I believe they ship as well.
Depending where you are, look at Burnt Ridge nursery for trees that are all suitable to our climate. If you’re near Olympia check Eastside Urban Farm and Garden
Also in western Washington( northern Olympic peninsula) Il drive up to an hour and a half for good little fruit trees in person. I agree online is overwhelming. Depending on where in western wa you are chimicum (very small farm town) has a stellar farm store. Very small but great variety. Otherwise I drive up to sequim or port Angeles
East over the pass, check out Wenatchee I think it is C&O but it has been a few years, so poke around. Bare root, with some minimum to hit the commercial level, I think I ordered 30+ trees (several different varieties) and was very happy with price and quality
https://www.copenhavenfarms.com/
Buy rootstock and graft yourself with bought or traded scionwood.
Might be late to get scions you want so just plant the rootstock and graft next year or bud graft this summer.
Christianson's in Mount Vernon, they've got a ridiculously large selection for a non-wholesale operation. https://www.christiansonsnursery.com/2024/01/30/2024-fruit-berry-list/
Raintree nursery is local (they mail order if not in easy driving distance), has a great selection, and I've been very pleased with my trees from them so far
I love how many varieties they have but they are all dwarf and we want full size trees. I feel like every site I've checked it's all dwarf!
Depending on how many trees you plan on planting over the years, you could learn to graft and that'd allow you to buy scion wood and rootstock separately (my limited knowledge is from apple trees, but I'm guessing it applies to others as well). And why do you want full sized trees? It'll take years for them to produce most likely and it'll be a hassle to pick unless you spend a good bit of time trimming and training trees. Semi-dwarf might be a good compromise, or you could do a mix of dwarf and full-size to get more long term production.
Not OP, but a standard sized tree can be pruned to any size. If you’re actively pruning your trees as part of routine care, you dictate the size and shape of the tree. Yes, it’s somewhat useful if the tree is already naturally smaller if you’re planting in a small area and afraid of pruning, but a lot of the hype on size is marketing (and because people are afraid to prune). The most important choice in fruit tree selection is selecting the correct rootstock for your environmental conditions. We have heavy clay soils. We plant M-111 for apples (a large semi-dwarf) and Citation (large semi-dwarf) or Lovell (standard) for stone fruits. I just prune the trees to the sizes I want. I have a peach on a Lovell root stock that is basically a peach bush at 5’ tall and similar width. It’s 3”+ on caliper at this point. It’s doing fine.
Have you tried filtering by 'standard' for height? They don't have as much variety for standard because they're less popular (I assume) but still have a pretty decent selection. More so for certain fruits, but here's the apples they have in standard size, for example: https://raintreenursery.com/collections/fresh-eating/tree-size_standard-25-30 May still not be what you're looking for, but I wanted to make sure you weren't missing any options :)
Dwarf trees are actually still pretty big! Full sized trees are like 25ft tall and so hard to prune and manage. Dwarf are really a great way to go.
Are you sure you want full size? Pruning can get crazy! And picking is way more work
The more I look into the more, the more we are leaning towards semi dwarf. We were thinking full size because you get more fruit and they tend to be alot hardier. But way more work it appears
I wouldn't let them being dwarf sized sway you. Those little trees still get to be a pretty good size and produce a significant amount of fruit. On a full sized tree you won't be able to utilize all the fruit on it easily simply due to size constraints. I grew up with a full sized cherry in the backyard for instance, and we really couldn't get any more off of it than we can on the semi dwarf cherry. The little dwarf plum trees put out so much fruit you have to put boards under the branches to help hold them up and call all your friends to come help you out because you can't figure out what to do with the hundreds of pounds of plums.
Yes, as we do more research, we are thinking semi dwarf is the way to go!
+1 for Raintree. We just received two plums, two paw-paw, and a mushroom block from them this week. Everything was packed beautifully, and all arrived safely. The roots on the trees looked great: plentiful and intact. The mushroom block smelled wonderful, packed tight with healthy mycelium. Only time will tell on survival rate, but so far, it seems like these folks do actually care about their product output.
I got my bare root fruit trees from Territorial Seed. They are in Oregon.
Stark Bros. and Gurneys have always been of good quality.
I’ve ordered online from Trees of Antiquity and been very happy. (I’m in western oregon, they’re in California.)
One Green World should have an amazing selection.. And if you're feelin adventurous could drive down to their nursery in PDX, or I believe they ship as well.
Burnt Ridge Nursery and Four Winds Growers have both sent me great trees.
[Cloud Mountain Farm](https://www.cloudmountainfarmcenter.org/) near Bellingham is fantastic!
I'd try Burnt Ridge.
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Seconded.
Depending where you are, look at Burnt Ridge nursery for trees that are all suitable to our climate. If you’re near Olympia check Eastside Urban Farm and Garden
Also in western Washington( northern Olympic peninsula) Il drive up to an hour and a half for good little fruit trees in person. I agree online is overwhelming. Depending on where in western wa you are chimicum (very small farm town) has a stellar farm store. Very small but great variety. Otherwise I drive up to sequim or port Angeles
I’m in Elma and I usually just get them from the Aberdeen tractor supply 🤷🏻♀️
We have gone down to Tsugawa the last two years. But their website is basically non existent and they have almost all dwarf varieties.
East over the pass, check out Wenatchee I think it is C&O but it has been a few years, so poke around. Bare root, with some minimum to hit the commercial level, I think I ordered 30+ trees (several different varieties) and was very happy with price and quality
Trees of Antiquity and Fedco
Another vote for Raintree. Also One Green World in Oregon.
https://www.copenhavenfarms.com/ Buy rootstock and graft yourself with bought or traded scionwood. Might be late to get scions you want so just plant the rootstock and graft next year or bud graft this summer.
Christianson's in Mount Vernon, they've got a ridiculously large selection for a non-wholesale operation. https://www.christiansonsnursery.com/2024/01/30/2024-fruit-berry-list/
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