If you’ve ever wanted to have your own peach tree, Copia’s annual plant sale is one way to get started. This year Colby Eierman, Copia’s director of gardens, said all kinds of fruit trees, tomatoes, basil and peppers will be available at the sale, April 14 and 15.

There are cherry, apricot, plum, nectarine, pomegranate, pear, persimmon, peach and apple trees, along with blueberry bushes and even a few grapevines — “varieties that we’ve been growing successfully,” he said.

“This is the year for fruit,” he said. “This is the best fruit set we’ve seen.”

Eierman noted that pollinating fruit trees is not usually a problem in Napa. “If you buy a tree that requires pollination, check your neighborhood and you may find the same kind of tree. There are a lot of fruit trees in Napa.”

When planting a fruit tree, Eierman said, prepare the soil. “We prepare the soil with compost, oyster shells, rock dust and organic fertilizer. That will help it get established.”

Give it as much sun as you can, he said, and monitor the watering. “This is not in the same zone as growing a lawn,” he said. “We like consistent, deep watering, letting the soil dry out a couple of inches on top between watering.”

He said Copia also mulches its trees with compost in the fall or spring — “It’s nice to have rain to take the elements down into the soil.”

Eierman said thinning out a too-abundant crop is the key to “a balanced crop — if (a tree) sets a heavy crop one year, it won’t want to set much of a crop next year.”

“We like to thin when fruit is the size of a nickel,” he said. “At that stage you know it’s been pollinated.”

One of the most important activities is pruning, he added. “Decide the size you want the tree to be — and you take control of that through pruning.”

Eierman said Copia holds a workshop on pruning May 6.

Copia’s garden guys will be on hand to answer questions at the sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day in the South Gardens on First Street.

Copia is selling around 60 varieties of tomatoes, all colors and everything from big red “slicers” to cherry types. “We’ve selected our favorite heirlooms,” he said, “and of course, the Copia tomato will be for sale too.”

In addition, Copia will cook pizzas in the outdoor oven; and a blue grass band will provide music. Wine and other beverages, seeds and garden products and tools will also be for sale. There is no admission charge for the sale. The food, wine and plants are sold separately.

Visit www.copia.org for a complete schedule.

Copia’s big spring plant sale

Saturday April 14; Sunday, April 15. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.