Grow one of the world’s most beloved apple varieties with this live Golden Delicious Apple Tree, shipped bare root and ready for planting. Known for its sweet mellow flavor, crisp juicy texture, and smooth golden-yellow skin, Golden Delicious apples are excellent for fresh eating, baking, cider, sauces, and long-term storage. This reliable and productive apple tree is prized for its versatility and heavy harvests, making it a favorite choice for backyard orchards and home gardens. The attractive fruit develops rich sweetness when grown in full sun, while the tree itself is easy to maintain and highly rewarding for home growers. You will receive a healthy live bare root tree similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Golden Delicious Apple Tree
✔️ Height: approximately 32 inches tall or longer
✔️ Trunk size: approximately 3/8 inch
✔️ Shipped bare root
✔️ Healthy, dormant tree
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

🌼 Growing Information
Common Name: Golden Delicious Apple
Botanical Name: Malus domestica ‘Golden Delicious’
Plant Type: Deciduous fruit tree
Growth Stage: Young grafted tree
Sun Requirements: Full sun preferred (6–8 hours daily)
Soil: Well-draining fertile soil
Watering: Moderate; water regularly during establishment
Mature Height: 12–18 feet depending on rootstock
Growth Rate: Moderate
USDA Zones: 5–8
Harvest Season: Mid to late fall
Pollination: Pollinizes many apple varieties and benefits from another apple tree nearby
Container Friendly: Yes, with pruning and proper care

💡 Care Tip: Soak bare roots before planting and choose a sunny location for the sweetest fruit and best color development. Annual pruning helps maintain healthy growth and improves airflow through the canopy.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.