5 Seeds Apple Tree Mixed Varieties Malus domestica
Apple trees are a classic fruiting tree prized for their spring blossoms and dependable fruit production, making them a rewarding long-term addition to home orchards and edible landscapes. This mixed variety seed offering provides an opportunity to grow your own trees, with each seedling showing its own distinct characteristics in fruit color, flavor, and ripening time.
Apple trees work beautifully as specimen plantings in lawns, borders, or orchard rows, offering multi-season interest from fragrant spring bloom to autumn harvest. The fruit can be eaten fresh, baked into desserts, or preserved as sauce, cider, and jelly. Trees are long-lived and tend to increase in productivity as they mature, and mixed genetics mean seedlings may vary in fruit quality and type.
Species: Malus domestica
Variety: Mixed varieties
Type: Deciduous fruiting tree
Plant_Habit: Upright, spreading canopy
Sun: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained, loamy soil
Days_to_Harvest: 4-8 years from seed
Zones: 3-8
Germination: Cold stratification 6-8 weeks, then sow 1/4 inch deep
Sowing: Start indoors in late winter or direct sow in fall
Spacing: 15-20 feet apart
Notes: Fruit from seed-grown trees may differ from parent varieties