Gala Apple Trees

This well-known and popular variety arose from a cross between ‘Kidds Orange Red’ and ‘Golden Delicious’ and is the most widely planted commercial apple variety in the world. It has been planted in New Zealand, south Africa, North and South America and across Europe making this reliable variety a staple of the supermarket shelves.

So, with such easy availability – why contemplate growing your own? The answer (as is often the case) is in the flavour. While the popular Gala apple stores beautifully (one of the reasons it is so popular with supermarkets) the sweetly perfumed flavour fades with storage. Home grown Gala apples taste far better than their stored cousins from the supermarkets and will often be substantially larger too. For the best results eat them straight from the tree, or within a week or so of picking.

Gala Apple Trees produce a mid-season crop that is ready in Early October. While the trees are partially self-fertile they will bear much heavier crops with a suitable pollination partner that is in the same or an adjacent group. Gala Apple Trees are in group 4 so any other variety in groups 3, 4 or 5 would be suitable. These would include Bramley, Cox, Discovery, James Grieve or Golden Delicious.

Gala Apple trees are easy to grow in most soils that do not become waterlogged, young trees will establish and develop more quickly if a small circle around the base 50-100cm across is kept completely clear of weeds, ideally with a mulch of bark chippings or similar to conserve moisture. We also recommend adding rootgrow when planting for faster root establishment.

Our Gala Apple trees are vigorous growing tree with very pretty  blossom in late Spring and is grown on the semi dwarfing rootstock MM106 which will reach a mature height of approximately 10 to 12 feet.

Delivery leadtimes update- March/April 2024

We are working at maximum capacity to fulfil all orders as quickly as possible but owing to unprecedented demand some orders will take longer:

– Orders containing only bare root plants – delivery is currently within 5-7 days

– All other orders – delivery is currently within 2-3 weeks

Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.

Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.

Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 3-7 days.

Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.

Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)

Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)

Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)

Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.

Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants

Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page