Self-fertile A plant capable of producing viable seed with its own pollen.
Self-pollination A plant capable of pollinating its own flowers.
Self-sterile A plant not capable of reproducing with its own pollen.
Almonds are non-self-fertile. Two plants of different, but compatible, cultivars are needed so they can cross-pollinate to achieve fruit-set. Currently, there is a lot of work being done on developing a prolific nut producing, self-fertile almond.
Most grapes are self-fertile, but check to be sure when you place your order. A few will need pollinizing plants. Muscadines come in self-fertile and self-sterile lines.
Some plants, like figs, grapes and most berries, are self-fertile, meaning they're capable of pollinating themselves. Others are self-sterile, meaning they require pollen from another tree.
Malus domestica 'Queen Cox' - self-fertile, juicy red-yellow apples from mid October
Pyrus communis 'Conference' - partially self-fertile pear, green-yellow sweet fruit from October to November ...
Most peach varieties are self-fertile (they produce fruit even without a second variety for pollination), an advantage in small gardens with room for just one tree.
Bees are critical agents for members of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), like the tomato, a self-fertile plant that requires vibrations in order to be pollinated.
Plums: Relatively few varieties of plums are self-fertile ('Mt. Royal', 'Stanley', etc.), so you'll need to plant at least two different varieties that can cross-pollinate.
Note: Although blueberries are self-fertile, you will get larger berries and more of them if you have two different cultivars to cross pollinate.
Cultivated muscadines have plants of two types: vines producing imperfect (pistillate) flowers (only female parts or fertile) and plants producing perfect flowers (both male and female parts or self-fertile).
Normally, male and female plants are needed but there is now a self-fertile variety, ‘issai', which has smaller but more reliably produced fruits. One male plant is enough to pollinate up to eight females.
female branch onto an existing holly to produce berries, but you can't change the gender of a bush or a cutting. If you want to have only one holly, you could either purchase one of these special grafted hollies or one of the naturally self-fertile ...
It is rarely possible to obtain fruit from planting only one tree (although a few varieties are self-fertile). This means that when buying fruit trees at least two must be bought and they must be compatible.
Early varieties Weymouth Earliblue Northland Midseason: Collins Bluecrop Bluehave Bluieray Berkeley Stanley Late Season Coville Dixi Jersey Rabbiteye blueberries - heat tolerant Sharpblue - bears in April or May and is self-fertile.
 See also: Fertile, Plant, Water, High, Spring
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