Customer Questions and Answers

Here are some of the more interesting questions we have been asked about growing fruit trees, along with our answers. Maybe the answer to some of your own questions will be found here.

What is the difference between a cordon and a 1-year tree?

Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?

Why does my apple tree have blossom in late summer?

What colour is cherry blossom?

Rootstocks for trained trees in the south of England

Can we deliver English apple trees to France?

What is the best time of year to prune a cherry tree?

Why isn't my new fruit tree showing any signs of life?

How should I prune a pear on Pyrodwarf rootstock?

What colour is cherry blossom?

cherry rootstock

What is the best cherry rootstock for a small garden?

What is the best cherry rootstock for a small garden?

Is Cox's Orange Pippin suitable for growing in south-west France?

Conference pear

Rootstocks for trained trees in the south of England

Fans and Espaliers growing in pots

container-grown

Can container-grown trees be planted at any time of year?

What is the difference between a cordon and a 1-year tree?

Which way should I plant oblique cordons?

Cox's Orange Pippin

Questions about Cox's Orange Pippin

Apple tree for northern Italy

cross-pollinate

cross-pollination

Flowering period vs Flowering group

What is the difference between dessert and culinary plums?

deliver trees to the USA

Can you ship trees to the USA from the UK?

Are the trees you sell organic?

What is the difference between dessert and culinary plums?

dual-purpose plums

What is the difference between dessert and culinary plums?

Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?

Do you sell the Dymock Red cider apple tree?

What rootstock to use for a fan-trained apple?

Rootstocks for trained trees in the south of England

espalier pear tree

Do you have espalier-trained Concorde pear trees?

Fans and Espaliers growing in pots

Can you suggest 6 apple trees to grow as an espalier on limited budget?

family apple tree

Could you propagate a customised family apple tree?

family fruit trees

Can you have apples and pears on a family fruit tree?

Could you propagate a customised family apple tree?

What rootstock to use for a fan-trained apple?

Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?

Rootstocks for trained trees in the south of England

Fans and Espaliers growing in pots

Can you suggest 6 apple trees to grow as an espalier on limited budget?

flowering group

Flowering period vs Flowering group

flowering groups

flowering period

Flowering period vs Flowering group

Can we deliver English apple trees to France?

fruit trees for a school

What apple trees do you recommend for a school?

Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?

gift certificates

Do you accept National Garden vouchers?

What is the best cherry rootstock for a small garden?

Should I keep my new patio fruit trees indoors over winter?

Apple tree for northern Italy

What apple trees do you recommend for a school?

Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?

Can you suggest 6 apple trees to grow as an espalier on limited budget?

Can we deliver English apple trees to France?

Rootstocks for trained trees in the south of England

Fans and Espaliers growing in pots

Could you propagate a customised family apple tree?

What is the difference between a cordon and a 1-year tree?

Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?

Is Cox's Orange Pippin suitable for growing in south-west France?

Apple tree for northern Italy

Apple tree for northern Italy

What rootstock to use for a fan-trained apple?

Is Cox's Orange Pippin suitable for growing in south-west France?

Apple tree for northern Italy

National Garden vouchers

Do you accept National Garden vouchers?

Why isn't my new fruit tree showing any signs of life?

Northern Ireland

What fruit varieties are suitable for Northern Ireland?

Oblique cordons

Which way should I plant oblique cordons?

online pollination check

organic nursery

Are the trees you sell organic?

Are the trees you sell organic?

Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?

Are pollination groups the same in France as the UK?

Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?

Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?

Have you heard of an apple variety called Filippa?

prune cherry trees

What is the best time of year to prune a cherry tree?

What is the best time of year to prune a cherry tree?

How should I prune a pear on Pyrodwarf rootstock?

Questions about Cox's Orange Pippin

How should I prune a pear on Pyrodwarf rootstock?

Rootstocks for trained trees in the south of England

re-plant disease

Fruit trees for Aviemore, Scotland

red-fleshed apple varieties

Where can I buy a Hidden Rose apple tree?

How should I prune a pear on Pyrodwarf rootstock?

Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?

Fans and Espaliers growing in pots

Apple tree for northern Italy

Fruit trees for Aviemore, Scotland

Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?

self-fertile plum tree

What apple trees do you recommend for a school?

south-west France

Is Cox's Orange Pippin suitable for growing in south-west France?

Are pollination groups the same in France as the UK?

Your site often mentions "sports" - what exactly are they?

Why isn't my new fruit tree showing any signs of life?

Fruit trees for Aviemore, Scotland

Can container-grown trees be planted at any time of year?

Fruit trees for Aviemore, Scotland

Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?

What rootstock to use for a fan-trained apple?

Fruit trees for Aviemore, Scotland

Fruit trees for sale

Specialist stone fruit trees

Trained fruit trees

Fan-trained & Espalier fruit trees

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Cider apple trees
Perry pear trees

Specialist fruit trees

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Crab apple trees

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