Growing your own fruit is one of the most rewarding things you can do in a garden or on a balcony — and it’s more achievable than most people think, from tropical rarities to hardy backyard trees. These guides cover planting, pollination, pruning, propagation and harvest for a wide range of fruit, grouped by type so you can find what suits your climate. Whether you’re starting a mango from seed, grafting a custard apple, or pruning black currants for a bigger crop, start here.
Tropical & exotic fruit
Warm-climate and rare fruit — many can be grown in containers or under cover in cooler areas.
- How to grow a lychee tree (planting, air layering, pruning)
- How to grow a jackfruit tree (from seed, grafting)
- Growing lanzones (langsat)
- Growing Annona trees (hand pollination, grafting) & custard apple
- Wax apple, marula, cocoa & açaí palm
- Falsa (phalsa), pulasan, miracle fruit & peanut butter fruit
- Roundup: hairy fruits
Citrus
- How to grow a lemon tree, indoor lemon tree & lemon trees in pots
- Pomelo, limequat, bergamot orange & Ponderosa lemon
- How to grow calamansi from seed
- Explore: types of orange, clementine vs mandarin & blood orange season
Temperate & stone fruit
- Cherry plum, almond & planting apple trees
- Olive trees, black mulberry, medlar & quince
- Jujube & strawberry tree (Arbutus)
Berries & cane fruit
- Raspberries, Atherton raspberry & thornless tayberry
- Marionberries, olallieberries & jostaberry
- Black currants, goji berry & blue raspberry
Equipment for growing fruit
Set your trees and berries up to thrive:
- Fertilizer for citrus & fruit trees
- Pruning shears for training and harvest
- Propagation equipment for seeds, grafts and cuttings
