Form & Size
Form Guide
All our trees are bare root unless marked as pot grown.
These are examples of the form and size of tree you’ll receive when you order from us.
Please note that they may differ dependent on the characteristics of the individual variety.
Cordon
2 Tier Espalier
3 Tier Espalier
4 Tier Espalier
Stepover
Fan Trained
Bush
Half Standard
Videos
Selection Guide
Pollination: Unless a tree is self fertile it will require a pollination partner in order to fruit. All tree fruits are divided into flowering groups, ie varieties that flower at the same time fall into the same group. A variety from group 2 will cross with any other variety from group 2 and also any variety from adjacent groups 1 and 3. This is the same for all the flowering groups. Some trees are triploids, which means that they are no use as a pollinator and require 2 compatible varieties that pollinate each other. Pollination can seem like a complicated subject but it is not as much of a worry as people think, most people are likely to have good pollination in their garden due to the close proximity of other gardens.
Rootstocks: Fruit trees are grown on a range of different rootstocks which control the vigour of the tree and therefore we can tell approximately how tall a tree will be when it reaches maturity.
Size Guide
Very Dwarf2 metres (6 feet) |
Dwarf2.5 metres (6-8 feet) |
Semi Dwarf3 metres (8-10 feet) |
Semi Vigorous4 metres (12-15 feet) |
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Fruit | Rootstock | Fruit | Rootstock | Fruit | Rootstock | Fruit | Rootstock |
Apple | Bush M9 | Pear | Quince C | Apple | Bush M26 | Apple | Bush MM106 |
Plum | VVA1 | Plum | Pixy | Pear | Quince A | ||
Plum | St Julien A | ||||||
Cherry | Colt |