The highlights
- The kind of taste you dream about
- Blossoms appear late enough to miss frosts
- Why not give a scrummy peach semifreddo a go?
- Harvest from mid-August
Description
- Rochester is a large, golden, juicy yellow-fleshed peach on a compact tree with fantastic spring blossom. It’s one of the most reliable for growing outdoors in the UK climate
- Late flowering means that the blossom is not as susceptible to frost as other varieties, giving you better results
- late/mid/early
- Plant in full sun, ideally in a border next to a south or west facing wall, but Rochester also does well as a freestanding tree in warmer parts of the country
- Self fertile – you’ll get a good crop from just one tree
- RHS Plants for Pollinators – this tree has been recognised for its value to bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming “leggy”, and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE
Harvest from mid August
