Edible gardens are becoming more popular as people decide to say goodbye to traditional vegetable plots. Instead, they use fruit trees in their garden for both tasty fruits and an effective privacy screen!
Using Fruit Trees as Hedges
Hedges offer many benefits including privacy, wind protection and eye-catching features. There are a variety of fruit trees that can make hedges such as apples, pears or plums; they also mark boundaries between one garden to another by providing an interesting backdrop for flower borders while acting visually pleasing too!
If you want a hedge that looks great and is also edible, consider planting fruit trees. There are many different varieties to choose from: apples, plums or even grapes!
You can keep it simple with just one species or mix up the shape by growing an assortment of different hedges next door – they’ll add visual interest as well as food for thought in your backyard oasis.
Hedge Fruit Tree Varieties
Here are the best fruit trees you can incorporate in your garden:
The delicious, red fruit of the Natal Plum is not just for jamming anymore. The tree has been used as both an ornamental hedge and food source since its early days in Asia!
Currants and gooseberries are a delicious low-growing hedge fruit tree variety that can be eaten fresh or juiced.
Crabapples are an excellent hedge with plenty of flowers and fruits. They make amazing jelly, but be careful if you’re eating them raw because they can really sour your stomach!
Pineapple guava is an example of a plant that’s traditionally considered only ornamental, but its fruit can be eaten. The plant grows natively in South America and bears strawberries with pineapple tastes thanks to it being hybridized between those two fruits!
Quince trees are a perfect addition to your garden. They can provide not only fruit, but they’re also great for hedging!
If you are looking to create a hedge, then it is worth considering training fruit trees. Training individual bushes can be time-consuming and frustrating while mixed hedges will provide the best results!
You have many options when selecting which types of fruits or citrus plants that would work well with each other in order for them to produce edible fence material – apples, cherries (both sweet and tart), peaches, pears, figs, etc.
To get the most out of your garden, try planting edible plants such as blueberries. You can have several types growing at different heights and closer to ground level in order for them to be used fully while still being able to offer some goodies to those who enjoy fruit-based treats!