Yalca Fruit Trees

Mixed reviews. Still waiting on our final order – I have mixed reviews, I have placed 3 orders this winter season 2024. And only 2 of them have arrived. Those two get my positive review- trees arrived in excellent condition within 2 weeks of ordering. However my last order was ordered over a month ago and it has not arrived. 3 emails sent and no communication back whatsoever, but they have our… Read more

money- not impressed. What would have been a glowing review has been tarnished. It is very frustrating not being able to phone company.

Lack of communication and money lost – This company failed to communicate that the trees I ordered were not available until I emailed to ask when they would be delivered. They then offered a refund and asked for my bank details. This was weeks ago. No refund and no reply to any of my follow up emails. I have lost nearly $150. My advice, don'y buy from this company.

Poor communication and customer service do not buy from – I have bought from many mail order miseries and these are the worst I have come across. Ordered a tayberry bare root plant early May and advised it will be dispatched in winter. Got email saying parcel had been shipped no tracking given when notified of shipping emailed 2 times and only get it today and after the fact as Australia post claim they… Read more

delivered it last week but no proof of where it was left as would see delivery on doorbell camera. Now I have lost $50 as this could have been easily monitored if I was given tracking information on time. And had to raise a case with Australia post that will have a poor outcome. Will never buy from them again due to poor first experience with them

Fabulous results for a beginner – I have bought a number of trees: cherry, apricot, peach and nectarine plus grape vines from Yalca Fruit trees and have had terrific results. I have also bought ornamental flowering crepe myrtles as presents, again they have all thrived and we are all beginners! Highly recommend the nursery to anyone wanting quality trees and great, reliable service.

Must be the best nursery in Australia – Last year I bought some fruit trees which grew really well in our large chicken run. So well in fact that within 6 months three of the trees had grown to over 2 meters. This year I ordered more trees and they arrived two weeks ago and were planted immediately in ground that we had prepared well in advance. Already all 3 trees have started to shoot… Read more

so well done Yalca trees you are surely the best bare root tree provider in Australia. Good advice and fantastic trees.

Awesome trees and customer service – I’ve ordered heaps of stuff from Yalca over the past couple of years. always top quality and super quick to respond to any questions and changes to my orders. Can’t recommend them highly enough.

Useless – No communications. Didn't reply to any queries or requests. Poorly packed trees with missing labels. Taped into black plastic with no effort to keep roots moist or to protect them. No communications. Probably the worst fruit tree supplier in Australia

Good trees but information and packaging could be improved – (amended review) As others have stated below, item arrived wrapped in dirty black plastic packaging with no support for the roots. When the package was opened, it appeared the pear trees were both covered in white fungus. No phone number makes it difficult to get a refund. However, company did reply promptly to an email and advised that the… Read more

white was not a fungus, but quince rootstock which appears when put into dark damp spaces for a time. They advised to plant trees straight away and the white would disappear. Trees do appear to be sprouting now and white has gone. Some instruction as to what to expect would have been helpful.

The dwarf pear trees do appear to be doing well now that they've been sprayed and planted.

Need better packaging – Ordered plants in February to be delivered June-August. Received the bare rooted plants end of August after a number of emails to find out when the order would be sent. To my disgust the courier gave me a long black plastic item that looked it had been rolling around in the back of a Ute with dirty tray. When I opened the black plastic I found the… Read more

plants enclosed in another lot of black plastic. The plants had leaves on them but they looked quite yellow. If the plants were not wrapped in straw which was still moist, they would have been ready for the tip. There was nothing on the outside of the wrapping that there were plants enclosed. I have planted all the items and they have recovered remarkably all with new shoots. Today I received plants from another nursery and their packaging was top quality. I also receive plants from Daleys Fruit Trees and I cannot fault their packaging or follow up emails. First and last purchase from Yalca Fruit Trees.

Fruit Delights – We live on a farm in MiaMia, Central Victoria. Seven or eight years ago we, along with friends from French Island purchased some twenty assorted fruit trees from Yalca. They have been wonderful additions to our orchard. Every year we feast on delicious fresh fruit and enjoy jams, pies, chutneys and preserves……. yummy!!! We’ve recently purchased three varieties of raspberries so look forward to following their progress. Neal & Di

As always, very happy with my order – I have purchased a variety of fruit trees over the past few years from Yalca. I'm more than happy with their service, packaging & delivery. The trees have always been top quality & seem to grow without any problems, apples, plums, quinces, medlars, almond, pears, etc every single one has been great. Strongly recommend these guys, who put in a lot of effort & hard work to grow great products for us & future generations. Thank you!

Terrible mail order – Don't be fooled by the lovely website. Try Heritage or Woodbridge or Daleys. Don't buy here! 1. My trees arrived packed entirely in black builders plastic with no supporting packaging or possibility of breathing. 2. Branches were tangled in the plastic when I tried to cut it open, so that I inadvertently pruned two trees. 3. And to make matters… Read more

worse, they were ENTIRELY barerooted - by which I mean they did not include anything to keep the roots moist - no soil (like daleys) no sawdust (like woodbridge), not even paper (like a couple of less reputable companies).

They arrived bone dry and to make matters worse the weather has been so stormy that I have not been able to plant them out for 2 days. I will be surprised is they take root when the sleet finally abates and I can get them into the ground.

LATER: I potted them temporarily and two weeks later the pots were full of mould and root rot - in every single tree. (No this wasn't my fault. My woodbridge trees were planted at the same time and in the same manner and they're all fine).

NEVER buying here again, even if the trees are fine. These seller clearly don't take pride in or care of their merchandise.

Their customer service is also pretty poor. They also sent the 'your order is ready and will be sent shortly' email AFTER it had been sent, which meant I could not ask them for a later delivery, more suited to my climate. this had been no problem with Daleys, Heritage or Woodbridge.

Great Trees. Great service – Thank you Yalca Fruit Trees for the lovely John Downie Crabapple Trees I received today delivered at short notice and in perfect condition. Many Thanks. I will definitely recommend your business.

great nursery – We bought around 65 bare rooted mixed fruit trees from Yalca in 2020. Planted them very late without a lot of TLC and had only a few misses (nectarines). The test have grown like the clappers. Very helpful and knowledgeable - can’t recommend the team at Yalca highly enough

three cherry trees all growing well – bought lapins florence and vista growing well with significant trunk width growth This year purchasing Summit van merchant and rainier because happy with quality of last years cherry trees...thanks yalca

Received in the proposed timeframe, extremely healthy trees – Ordering online was easy, my two plums and one apricot came on time and have outstripped all other fruit trees I own (about 200) in terms of initial growth apart from the weedy species (tamarillo, acerola, mulberry, inga edulis etc) but gave them a run for their money! 5 months later and the 40cm high bare rooted saplings are all over 2m tall, and one of the plums even fruited (albeit only 3 plums)! Will be a repeat customer.

Well communication and advice! – I asked questions before I buy fruit trees. Campbell replied to me very quick and gave me good advices. I ordered 2 trees online and add another through by email and paid directly transferred money to their account. I received 2 first and I sent email to asked the one I paid by transferred. They replied promptly and I received few days later. The… Read more

planting notes is useful for beginners. I will buy trees from them again because reasonably priced and well communications! Thank you! Looking forward for the trees grow and fruiting next year!

Ordered plants on several occasions – I have purchased plants from Yalca Fruit Trees on 3 separate occasions, always excellent service and excellent plants. Have purchased peach and nectarine trees, the trees where large and healthy and grew well.

Ordered 15 fruiting plants, very happy! – Ordered a variety of plants, cherries, fig, apricots, apples, pears, pomegranate, raspberry canes, bare root ( over $400 worth ). All came when they said they would, mid winter. VERY well packed. Roots still moist. I put them in loose compost for a few weeks while I waited to plant them. Every single plant has shown signs of life as I planted them out! Now it’s up to me to look after them once spring and summer hit!!

5 trees purchased bare root – Trees arrived safely and Campbell responded to my emails. I am happy with the 5 trees I received. I bought 3 fuyu pessimon and 2 fuji apple trees. They came packaged together in one bag. Roots were still moist. Good stock.

Should have read the other reviews. very disappointed – I wish I could leave 0 stars. Absolutely the worst experience I have ever had with online shopping. I should have payed more attention to the reviews on this site. DO NOT purchase fruit trees from this company!! My experience is outlined briefly below: 28 July 2018: Ordered around $300 worth of fruit trees. Received an auto-generated email… Read more

saying, "You will receive a confirmation email soon and then your new trees will be sent out from June to August". Paid by direct deposit

21 August: Wrote an email asking for update on status of order, as I had received no communication.

24 August: Sent the same email again. Received a reply saying my order was on the 'unpaid' file. I replied to this email with a transaction receipt showing payment on 28 July.

28 August: Had not heard anything, so wrote an email requesting a phone number contact.

29 August: Received an email saying that there was no contact number due to, "being in a blackspot area". I was advised that my order would be filled, except a self-pollinating almond which was now out of stock.

3 September : I wrote an email asking to be advised when the order was shipped. Spring was approaching and I wanted to get the trees in the ground before the root growth started.

6 September: I received the trees, minus (as noted) the self pollinating almond. Many trees already had green bud formation, indicating root development had already occurred. There was no indication of a refund for the missing tree. I wrote an email asking for a refund for the tree that was not supplied, providing my bank details for direct deposit.

11 September: I sent another email asking for refund for the tree that was not supplied.

13 September: Received an email saying the refund would be sorted, "in the next day or so".

19 September: I wrote an email saying it had been a week and no sign of refund. Advised that I would be taking the matter to Consumer Affairs Victoria. I received a reply 3 minutes later saying, "I have been having troubles with internet banking, Do you mind if I send a cheque instead?".

I wrote back saying, ok send a cheque, but please also send me a picture of the cheque and registered post tracking number. I receive a reply saying that the cheque would be posted tomorrow, but no picture would be supplied because, "I am not tech savvy enough unfortunately"

25 September: Cheque is received and deposited. To my surprise it doesn't bounce.

TL;DR: trees in the ground too late, waited almost 2 months for an incomplete order of trees and wasted time chasing a refund. 0 stars would not recommend.

Well packed and sturdy looking bare root trees – Campbell was actually great, aus post can be blamed in the delay of arrival but they were well packed and still moist even after sitting in the wrong post office for over a week! The trees selected were sturdy looking stock and I look forward to seeing how they grow.

good quality bareroot stock – I got some heritage variety stone fruit trees. After 10 days I emailED them to chase up my order. Campbell was really helpful and dispatch the next day. Stock arrived well and good roots system. Comparing to nursery bare-root stock. They are slightly smaller but of good shape and well pruned. Would recommend if you want to wait for the heritage varieties.

Happy with service and trees – Last year I ordered 10 raspberries. They were a good size and have grown well. This year I ordered a gooseberry, a quince and an apricot. I asked for delivery before a certain date and they were helpful. The apricot and quince were perfectly shaped with 3 leaders on the apricot and a central leader on the quince, just as they should be. Because of the other reviews I was worried but I needn't have been.

Very happy with my order – Ordered 13 trees. Was aware when ordering that they would be sent in June. They arrived last week, only two days in transit, all very healthy looking specimens. Will happily order from this company again.

No problems and big healthy trees 1st year – Ordered 2 x almonds and a nectarine and all have doubled in size in their first growing season so I have nothing but praise. Order was placed late July and dispatched within a few days.

Now what else can I squeeze into my garden? – I ordered several trees initially. Then had a rethink and decided to add a few more. Emailed them and waited at least a couple of weeks for a reply. Sure, it's probably a one man or family business, but I think the communication side of things needs improvement. Next time I'll make sure of no changes!!! As mine was an early order (Dec-Jan) I got… Read more

my plants in June. They were a bit smaller than I had expected (however also ordered some plants from elsewhere and they were similar) however they all established well and have grown much better than I could have imagined - some are almost up to my chest in the first year! The variety there is amazing and I await their website to be up for next years orders so I can see what else I can put in my garden. I did run into some problems such as leaf curl on the peach, and pear and cherry slug on the pear and plums, however these were fixed easily and I do not know if they came from Yalca. I've had the same experience from retail nurseries too, but I'd prefer to fix it myself with organic methods than to have them sprayed with poisons. I'm happy and will likely order again. Mum's garden is next...

UPDATE 7 May 2018: 4 of the trees are between 6-7 feet high, the other 3 are 4-5 feet. This is amazing growth in the first year. I'm impressed! Oh, and one of the apple trees already has 5 apples on it.

No responses – The web site does not give a phone number - just an email address which they do not reply to. Took my money - failed to deliver a tree at all OR reply to emails.

Dead on arrival – Bought a Mirabelle plum, only place I could find it has not grown at all, been growing fruit trees for over 30 years so was obviously DOA. No response to emails, $50+ gone and label was written over in marker pen, who knows what it was.

Everything ordered has grown well – Purchased Apricot, nectarine, apple and peach trees from Yalca about two years ago, all have thrived. Recently received a pear tree which is starting to shoot with the warmer weather.

Good fruit trees, fair price, decent size, – After reading prevous reviews i was worried about my order but all was fine. I did send an email requesting to add a tree but didnt get a reply however the trees were 30 percent bigger than the ones i got from dayleys. They come with a couple of weeks post ordering. They were healthy and safely wrapped. Its probebly a small business and they might struggle to reply to every inquiry. The most important elements were met in my opinion.

Third rate – The other reviews explain my experience. A small stick labelled Tayberry was dead on arrival. Ordered a bare root Santa Rosa plum, got a plum labelled Mariposa. I had the feeling at the time that trying to do something about this was pointless.

These people shouldn't be in business – I was after some fruit trees for the property I had just bought in Victoria, and thought I'd look for a local nursery first rather than going interstate, to reduce any transit stress to the plants. I found Yalca Fruit Trees on the net and they had all three trees I was after, a nectarine, a compact cherry and a donut peach. Their website stated… Read more

that the trees would be ready by June, so I waited a couple of months and then placed my order. June went, then July, August and still no trees, I tried ringing but no answer, so I sent an email which took several weeks to respond. They said they had been busy digging up trees and my order wouldn't be sent now until August.

When the trees finally arrived, I planted them immediately as planting was overdue. When the peach and nectarine's new leaves appeared in September, they were infected with Peach Leaf blister, which meant I had to remove all infected leaves. The peach and nectarine finally fruited last December, and I discovered it was the wrong variety. Instead of getting an exotic Saturn peach, I got a common cling stone peach, its label had merely been pasted over.

I tried to contact them again without success. it is pointless trying to call them because they no longer have a phone. I emailed them several times and had to use Outlook's 'email read' flag to indicate if the email had been opened. On each occasion my email was read, but there was no response. Finally I threatened to contact Consumer Affairs, and they responded and refunded me for the peach, and even that took time.

The cherry was meant to be a dwarf variety, growing around 2-3m tall. By the end of April this year, the tree was already over 4m tall. A cherry farmer advised me it was a different variety (Lapins) which grows to over 12m tall. I checked the sticker, and it too had been pasted over.

Today, I have two sickly trees that have barely grown, and a monster that will eventually tower all over my yard.

These people are complete amateurs, who are ripping off the public and shouldn't be in business. If you do business with them, expect long delays, never ending excuses and product substitution.

Update (January 2018).

The peach and nectarine turned out to be dwarves. Two and a half years now since planting and they've grown a total of 5cm. I ended up buying another peach and nectarine from a local nursery last winter and they have more than doubled in size. I will pull out the two dwarves after they drop their leaves and replant them in pots.

With the cherry, I received some useful pruning advice from a cherry expert (Google: KGB method). After the most savage of all prunes, in both August and early December, it has now turned into a beautiful densely branched low tree (won't grow any higher than 2 metres).