Bramley’s Seedling Cooking Apple Fruit Tree – M26 Semi-Dwarf Rootstock – Large 5–6ft Tall in a 7.5 Litre Pot – By Direct Plants
Grow Britain's most famous cooking apple with the superb Bramley’s Seedling Apple Tree, supplied here as a premium large specimen approximately 5–6ft tall in a 7.5 litre pot, professionally grafted onto M26 semi-dwarf rootstock by Direct Plants. Carefully grown and selected at our award-winning family nursery in Norfolk, this exceptional fruit tree is renowned for producing heavy crops of large, juicy cooking apples while remaining far more compact and manageable than traditional orchard trees.
Bramley’s Seedling has been the nation's favourite cooking apple for well over a century and is considered the benchmark variety for pies, crumbles, sauces, baking, freezing, and preserving. Its large fruits cook down beautifully while retaining their rich, tangy flavour, making it an essential addition to any kitchen garden or home orchard.
Grafted onto M26 semi-dwarf rootstock, this tree is perfect for modern gardens where space is more limited. It produces excellent crops whilst reaching a more manageable mature size than standard fruit trees, making pruning, harvesting, and maintenance much easier.
During spring, the tree becomes covered in masses of fragrant white blossom lightly flushed with pink, attracting bees and beneficial pollinators. By late autumn, generous crops of large bright green apples, often flushed with red where exposed to the sun, are ready for harvesting.
Supplied as a strong, healthy, well-established specimen in a large 7.5 litre pot, this premium fruit tree provides instant impact and excellent establishment potential.
(Malus domestica 'Bramley’s Seedling' on M26 Rootstock – Deciduous Fruit Tree, approx. 8–10ft / 2.5–3m at maturity depending on pruning and growing conditions)
Spring:
Masses of fragrant white blossom with soft pink buds cover the branches, creating a spectacular display while attracting bees and pollinators.
Summer:
Fresh green foliage forms a healthy canopy while the developing apples steadily mature.
Autumn Harvest:
Large, crisp green apples with occasional red flushes ripen during late autumn, producing excellent crops of premium cooking fruit.
Autumn Colour:
Leaves develop attractive golden-yellow shades before leaf fall, adding further seasonal interest.
Habit:
Develops into a compact, rounded fruit tree with excellent branching, making it ideal for smaller gardens, kitchen gardens, patios, and home orchards.
Fully hardy and easy to grow, Bramley’s Seedling on M26 rootstock thrives in fertile, well-drained soil and performs best in a sunny position.
• Britain's favourite traditional cooking apple variety
• Grafted onto M26 semi-dwarf rootstock for a manageable tree size
• Produces heavy crops of large, premium cooking apples
• Perfect for pies, crumbles, sauces, baking, and preserving
• Beautiful spring blossom attracts bees and pollinators
• Easier harvesting and maintenance than standard trees
• Hardy, reliable, and highly productive
• Smaller gardens and home orchards
• Kitchen gardens and edible landscapes
• Growing your own cooking apples
• Traditional cottage gardens
• Feature planting in lawns and borders
• Productive family gardens
• Plant in fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny position
• Water regularly during the first growing season until established
• Apply mulch annually to retain moisture and suppress weeds
• Prune during winter to maintain shape and encourage productive fruiting
• Feed each spring with a suitable fruit tree fertiliser for optimum crops
• Best fruit production is achieved with a suitable pollination partner nearby, although Bramley is an excellent pollinator for many other apple varieties.
• Bramley’s Seedling Cooking Apple Tree
• Grafted onto M26 semi-dwarf rootstock
• Approx. 5–6ft tall
• Supplied in a large 7.5 litre pot with strong established roots
• Premium large specimen for instant impact
• Beautiful white spring blossom
• Produces large traditional cooking apples
• Ideal mature height approximately 8–10ft
• Easier harvesting and maintenance
• Hardy deciduous fruit tree
• Excellent for gardens and home orchards
• Check out our planting guide to help your fruit tree thrive
Our range of fruit trees is professionally grown and selected at our nursery in Norfolk. We specialise in large, established trees that provide instant impact and long-term value, delivered directly to your door in our bespoke, high-quality live tree packaging via one of our trusted couriers.
All our fruit trees are fully hardy outdoor varieties suitable for most garden soil types and planting schemes. Our M26 rootstock trees are ideal for gardeners wanting excellent fruit production from a more compact, manageable tree.
From Direct Plants, an award-winning nursery and trusted family brand, known for producing strong, healthy, high-quality trees and plants.
You will receive 1 Bramley’s Seedling Cooking Apple Fruit Tree, grafted onto M26 semi-dwarf rootstock, approximately 5–6ft tall in a 7.5 litre pot – a premium fruit tree producing heavy crops of Britain's favourite cooking apples while remaining compact, productive, and ideal for modern gardens and home orchards.
