Advice & Inspiration

Advice & Inspiration

festooned cherry tree

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

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

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

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...

Cordons

Cordons

Cordons are perfect for any garden. Plant every 2 feet along a fence or wall

Cordons

Cordons are perfect for any garden. Plant every 2 feet along a fence or wall

Fan trained trees

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