Help and Advice

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Fruit tree advice

• 1. Allotment fruit trees
• 2. Ballerina®, Minarette®, and Cordon fruit trees
• 3. Fruit tree varieties - season of use
• 4. Fruit trees and Honey Fungus
• 5. Hazelnuts - pollination
• 6. Hazelnuts and Cobnuts - how to plant and grow them
• 7. Heeling-in fruit trees
• 8. Hosepipe bans - how to help your Fruit Trees
• 9. How long before my fruit tree will start to produce fruit?
• 10. How to pollinate Bramley apple trees
• 11. Minimum chill requirement for apple trees
• 12. Mychorrizal fungi for planting fruit trees
• 13. Own-root fruit trees
• 14. Picking times for apples and other fruit trees
• 15. Pruning fruit trees
• 16. Storing and keeping apples
• 17. Storing fruit trees for Christmas presents
• 18. The scratch test - does it work?
• 19. Triploid apple varieties
• 20. Why won't my apple tree produce any apples?
• 21. Windbreaks for orchards
• 22. Is it too cold to plant my new trees?
• 23. Growing apple trees and other fruit trees in the UK climate
• 24. Introduction to Fruit Tree Rootstocks
• 25. Temporary or Permanent Tree Stakes
• 26. Training fruit trees as fans and espaliers

Our recommendations

• Best cider apple trees for the garden
  Our recommendations for the best cider apple varieties, which will give you a range of interesting flavours for your home-brew cider.
• Best fruit trees to give as a present
  Fruit trees make ideal presents but make sure you choose these reliable varieties that will establish quickly and soon be producing fruit.
• Best plum trees for eating fresh
  Plums and Gages offer potentially the sweetest and most luscious of temperate fruits, ideal for eating fresh off the tree.
• Low-chill apple varieties for the UK
  Milder winter temperatures in recent years, particularly in the south of the UK, have increased interest in low-chill apple varieties which are adapted to warmer winters.
• Top 10 fruit trees for chefs and cooks
  We've noticed that more and more customers are interested in growing their own fruit for cooking with. Here is our top 10 fruit trees for the kitchen garden.
• Top 10 fruit trees for difficult climates
  What fruit trees can you plant if you live in a cold, wet, windy part of the UK?
• Unusual fruit trees
  If you already have a small orchard and are looking to add something different, have a look at these unusual fruit trees.