Fruit Trees and More

Nursery and Demonstration Orchard

Bob and Verna Duncan
724 Wain Road, North Saanich, BC, Canada, V8L 5N8 (near Sidney/Victoria)
phone: 250-656-4269
email: bvduncan@FruitTreesAndMore.com

We are NOT closing the business at this time, just changing focus.

Fall Sale - Plants

At this point, all of the nursery stock has been sold except for a small number of Desert King Figs - prolific and early-ripening variety. Sales discount is still in effect.

Please make an appointment by email to pick up. Prefer Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays between 10 amd and 4 pm.

Anticipated Future Sales

• Late November / December - kiwi fruit, marmalade
• Next Spring / Summer - nursery pots and large plant specimens

Recommendation: watch our YouTube videos listed on our website

Siting: Keep in mind, you may need to adjust for your planting location and growing conditions compared with ours.

Plant Information

• Fig Varieties Highly Suited to South Coastal British Columbias
• Interesting Edibles Suited to South Coastal British Columbia

Videos

Visit our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWLqGxPE4BbcASnpImGuFZA.

The videos are also listed here:

• Productive Fig Varieties for South Coastal British Columbia - San Antonio and Gentile Bianca (26 November, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlY2RUq00wI
• Establishing and Protecting Lemons and Limes Outdoors in South Coastal British Columbia (25 November, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUubfpnC2_M
• Growing Avocados in South Coastal British Columbia (24 November, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2SL57U_bg
• Growing Navel Oranges in an Unheated Greenhouse in South Coastal British Columbia, Canada (11 July, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEkvAQz2UVQ
• Growing Pomegranates in South Coastal British Columbia, Canada (11 July, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14dJ5hSWJYw
• Growing Satsuma Mandarins Outdoors in South Coastal British Columbia, Canada (11 July, 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWMoqEiAB2A
• Growing Trovita Sweet Oranges Outdoors in South Coastal British Columbia (29 October, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ_UJe9hbqM
• Growing Yuzu and Sudachi in South Coastal British Columbia (28 October, 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nbeHPjj2w
• Growing Olives in South Coastal British Columbia, Canada (23 December, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiVY-eXOm5s
• Growing Feijoa (Acca sellowiana) in South Coastal British Columbia, Canada (2 July, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90iAFnKCLV0
• Growing Loquats in South Coastal British Columbia, Canada (23 November, 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwThOgQglUY
• Growing Pawpaws in South Coastal British Columbia, Canada (10 October, 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_rl56CszXw
• Growing Lemons and Limes in South Coastal British Columbia, Canada (23 April, 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX-R8sq6-vg
• How to prune figs in a cool climate for first (breba) crop fig production (7 April, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB0D_tuKgtQ

Who We Are

We are a couple who have long been fascinated with the idea of growing as great a diversity of temperate, citrus and Mediterranean fruit trees as the local climate will sustain and developing the cultural techniques necessary to successfully grow these fruits. In pursuing this dream, we have grown and tested over 500 different varieties of tree fruits in our home orchard.

Bob had a career as a Botanist and Entomologist; Verna has a background in teaching and in business. We have been growing fruit trees for over 50 years on southern Vancouver Island.

We want our customers to succeed in their planting endeavours. We can provide expert advice based on first-hand experience in growing temperate, citrus and Mediterranean fruit trees. We provide personalized service, custom orders, and advice on siting, pollination and training systems.

Our demonstration orchard features several hundred varieties of temperate, citrus and subtropical fruit trees and shows different training systems possible.

We are also pioneers in growing citrus fruit trees and Mediterranean fruit trees as in-ground plantings under our climatic conditions and can show customers growing techniques we have developed to succeed with these fruits.

Personal Note from Verna: With profound sadness we share the news that Bob Duncan, the heartbeat and visionary of Fruit Trees and More Nursery, passed away 20 July 2026 after a very rapid decline in health due to a previously undiagnosed cancer.

Services - Presentations, Tours and Consulting

• Group tours for garden clubs, associations, university and college groups. - Check for possibilities.

We have also had the privilege of giving presentations in: Canada, Greece, Israel, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and USA.

A list of presentations and tours can be seen here.

Associations

• Farm Fresh Guide - Southern Vancouver Island Direct Farm Marketing Association: https://islandfarmfresh.com/contact/
• North Saanich Flavour Trail - late August - https://flavourtrails.com/northsaanichflavourtrails - at our site, we have tours, sales of fruit trees, jam, marmalade and possibly fruit
• Salt Spring Island Apple Festival - last Sunday in September - https://saltspringapplefestival.org

(Revised 21 September 2026)