Advice & Inspiration
Advice & Inspiration
Festooning Fruit Trees
Festooning is a method of bending down the branches of fruit trees in order to induce fruiting rather than additional leaf growth. As opposed to pruning, which stimulates more green...
Festooning Fruit Trees
Festooning is a method of bending down the branches of fruit trees in order to induce fruiting rather than additional leaf growth. As opposed to pruning, which stimulates more green...
Pruning Espaliers
Espalier Apples and Pears Pruning espaliers after planting Espaliers will have1 or more tiers already established and these will be at roughly 18 inches apart Make sure you plant the tree first...
Pruning Espaliers
Espalier Apples and Pears Pruning espaliers after planting Espaliers will have1 or more tiers already established and these will be at roughly 18 inches apart Make sure you plant the tree first...
Pruning fans
Fan Trained Trees (Plums, and all other stone fruits) All stone fruits produce fruit on 1 and 2-year wood and will not on older wood (3 years plus) so the...
Pruning fans
Fan Trained Trees (Plums, and all other stone fruits) All stone fruits produce fruit on 1 and 2-year wood and will not on older wood (3 years plus) so the...
Choosing a cooking apple
All the following are RHS AGM awarded apples so all have been shown to have earned the prestigious award of garden merit. For an early cooker then Grenadier would be our choice. For a...
Choosing a cooking apple
All the following are RHS AGM awarded apples so all have been shown to have earned the prestigious award of garden merit. For an early cooker then Grenadier would be our choice. For a...
Fan trained trees
Any stone fruit like a plum, cherry , peach can be grown as a fan
Fan trained trees
Any stone fruit like a plum, cherry , peach can be grown as a fan