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1-year
Q. What is the difference between a cordon and a 1-year tree?
Q. Initial pruning and removal of buds
Q. I have a question about pruning my 1-year almond treeAerial roots
Q. Aerial rootlets formingAllotment
Q. Allotment plum treeAlmond
Q. I have a question about pruning my 1-year almond treeApricot
Q. Compacta apricot tree not fruiting
Q. Apricot tree winter protection
Q. Apricot tree to grow in a potArch
Q. Training apple trees up a round-top archBare-root
Q. What is the size of a half-standard apple tree?
Q. Initial pruning and removal of buds
Q. Organic farming practices
Q. I have a question about pruning my 1-year almond tree
Q. Can you dispatch bare root stock now (early November)?Bees
Q. Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?Black Doris
Q. Black Doris plum treesBlossom
Q. What colour is cherry blossom?
Q. Why does my apple tree have blossom in late summer?
Q. Eating cherry with nice blossom
Q. Do all your fruiting cherry trees have pink blossom?Brexit
Q. Trees for Northern Ireland after Brexit
Q. Fruit trees for France
Q. When is the best time to order a fruit tree?Buds
Q. Why isn't my new fruit tree showing any signs of life?
Q. Initial pruning and removal of budsBush-trained
Q. How should I prune a pear on Pyrodwarf rootstock?
Q. What does 'bush-trained' mean?Buying
Q. When is the best time to order a fruit tree?
Q. Alert notification for fruit trees
Q. What does out of stock mean?Cambridge
Q. Small orchard project in CambridgeshireCarbon footprint
Q. Are your fruit trees UK-grown?Cherry trees
Q. What is the best cherry rootstock for a small garden?
Q. What colour is cherry blossom?
Q. Eating cherry with nice blossom
Q. Do all your fruiting cherry trees have pink blossom?
Q. Will Merton Glory and Korda cherry trees cross-pollinate?Choosing fruit trees
Q. Fruit tree for a memorialClimate
Q. Is Cox's Orange Pippin suitable for growing in south-west France?
Q. I have chosen the wrong varieties for my area
Q. Are your fruit trees UK-grown?
Q. Is it best to buy a fruit tree from a northern nursery?Codling moth
Q. Codling mothContainer size
Q. Fans and Espaliers growing in potsContainer-growing
Q. Growing a Malus Wedding Bouquet in a pot
Q. Apricot tree to grow in a potContainer-grown
Q. Can container-grown trees be planted at any time of year?
Q. Do I have to plant a pot-grown tree in a pot?Cordon
Q. What is the difference between a cordon and a 1-year tree?
Q. Which way should I plant oblique cordons?
Q. Training apple trees up a round-top arch
Q. What is the size of a cordon-trained tree on delivery?Cornish apple varieties
Q. Will Cornish Aromatic and Cornish Gilliflower apple trees cross-pollinate?Cox alternatives
Q. Questions about Cox's Orange PippinCox's Orange Pippin
Q. Questions about Cox's Orange PippinCrab-apple
Q. Pruning spindlebush crab-apple treesCulinary Plum
Q. What is the difference between dessert and culinary plums?Cumbria
Q. Keeping trees in the pots we supply them inDecember-ripening
Q. Late fruiting applesDeliver Trees To The USA
Q. Can you ship trees to the USA from the UK?Delivery
Q. Can you advise roughly when the tree would be delivered?
Q. Can you dispatch bare root stock now (early November)?Derogation
Q. Are the trees you sell organic?Dessert Plum
Q. What is the difference between dessert and culinary plums?Disease-resistant
Q. Disease resistant Victoria plum treeDual-purpose Plums
Q. What is the difference between dessert and culinary plums?Dwarf
Q. Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?
Q. Allotment plum treeEspalier
Q. Fans and Espaliers growing in pots
Q. What rootstock to use for a fan-trained apple?
Q. Do you have espalier-trained Concorde pear trees?
Q. Rootstocks for trained trees in the south of England
Q. Espalier apple trees for north-west fence
Q. Conference pear tree for east-facing wall
Q. Specifying maiden whip trees vs feathered maidensFamily fruit tree
Q. Could you propagate a customised family apple tree?Family fruit trees
Q. Can you have apples and pears on a family fruit tree?
Q. Could you propagate a customised family apple tree?Fan
Q. Fans and Espaliers growing in pots
Q. What rootstock to use for a fan-trained apple?
Q. Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?
Q. Rootstocks for trained trees in the south of England
Q. Fan-trained sweet cherries in Devon
Q. Jefferson plum - fan trainingFeathered
Q. Specifying maiden whip trees vs feathered maidensFeature tree
Q. Can you send me photos of the trees so I can choose one?Fence
Q. Espalier apple trees for north-west fenceFlowering group
Q. My new apple tree is not in blossom at the right time
Q. Flowering period vs Flowering groupFlowering period
Q. Flowering period vs Flowering groupFrance
Q. Fruit trees for FranceFruit trees for a school
Q. What apple trees do you recommend for a school?Fruit-bearing age
Q. Do you supply mature pot-grown fruit trees?Fruitlets
Q. Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?Gift certificates
Q. Do you accept National Garden vouchers?Gisela 5
Q. What is the best cherry rootstock for a small garden?Half-standard
Q. What is the size of a half-standard apple tree?
Q. Canopy height of standard and half-standard fruit treesHeight
Q. Canopy height of standard and half-standard fruit treesHoneycrisp
Q. Honeycrisp alternativesIndoors
Q. Should I keep my new patio fruit trees indoors over winter?Inverness
Q. Late fruiting applesJune drop
Q. Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?Late-ripening
Q. Late fruiting applesM25
Q. Do you sell MM111 and M25 rootstocks?
Q. Pleached fruit treesM26
Q. Training apple trees up a round-top archM27
Q. Could you propagate a customised family apple tree?M9
Q. What is the difference between a cordon and a 1-year tree?
Q. Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?
Q. Training apple trees up a round-top archMaiden
Q. Initial pruning and removal of buds
Q. Specifying maiden whip trees vs feathered maidensMature fruit trees
Q. Do you supply mature pot-grown fruit trees?
Q. Conference pear tree for east-facing wall
Q. Buying a mature large apple treeMediterranean
Q. Is Cox's Orange Pippin suitable for growing in south-west France?Memorial
Q. Fruit tree for a memorialMM106
Q. What rootstock to use for a fan-trained apple?
Q. Is Cox's Orange Pippin suitable for growing in south-west France?
Q. Rootstocks for trained trees in the south of England
Q. Pleached fruit trees
Q. What is the size of a half-standard apple tree?
Q. I have just ordered 3 apple trees - how far apart do they need to be planted?MM111
Q. Do you sell MM111 and M25 rootstocks?Morello cherry
Q. Fruit trees for partial shadeMulch
Q. Using a bark chip mulch around young fruit treesMycorrhizal fungi
Q. Can I use mycorrhizal fungi when I plant my new crab-apple tree?National Garden Vouchers
Q. Do you accept National Garden vouchers?New fruit tree
Q. Why isn't my new fruit tree showing any signs of life?North west fence
Q. Espalier apple trees for north-west fenceNorthern Ireland
Q. What fruit varieties are suitable for Northern Ireland?
Q. Trees for Northern Ireland after BrexitNot fruiting
Q. Compacta apricot tree not fruitingNursery
Q. Is it best to buy a fruit tree from a northern nursery?Oblique cordons
Q. Which way should I plant oblique cordons?Online pollination check
Q. My new apple tree is not in blossom at the right timeOrdering
Q. Can you advise roughly when the tree would be delivered?Organic nursery
Q. Are the trees you sell organic?
Q. Are any of the fruit trees you offer organically grown?
Q. Organic farming practicesOrganic trees
Q. Are the trees you sell organic?
Q. Are any of the fruit trees you offer organically grown?
Q. Organic farming practicesOwn-root
Q. Do you sell own-root apple trees?Partial shade
Q. Fruit trees for partial shadePatio fruit trees
Q. Should I keep my new patio fruit trees indoors over winter?Pears
Q. Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?Photos
Q. Can you send me photos of the trees so I can choose one?Planting
Q. Which direction should the scion on the rootstock face when I plant the tree?
Q. Planting new fruit trees in old holes
Q. Do newly-planted fruit trees need watering over the winter?
Q. When is the best time to order a fruit tree?Pleached fruit trees
Q. Pleached fruit treesPlum tree
Q. Allotment plum tree
Q. Black Doris plum treesPollination
Q. Are pollination groups the same in France as the UK?
Q. Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?
Q. My new apple tree is not in blossom at the right time
Q. Flowering period vs Flowering group
Q. What do I need to polinate a Bramley apple tree?
Q. Will Cornish Aromatic and Cornish Gilliflower apple trees cross-pollinate?
Q. Will Merton Glory and Korda cherry trees cross-pollinate?Pollinator
Q. My new apple tree is not in blossom at the right timePot-grown
Q. Can container-grown trees be planted at any time of year?Pot-grown trees
Q. Do I have to plant a pot-grown tree in a pot?
Q. Keeping trees in the pots we supply them inPrecocious
Q. Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?Protection
Q. Apricot tree winter protectionPruning
Q. What is the best time of year to prune a cherry tree?
Q. Initial pruning and removal of buds
Q. Jefferson plum - fan training
Q. I have a question about pruning my 1-year almond tree
Q. Pruning spindlebush crab-apple treesPruning cherry trees
Q. What is the best time of year to prune a cherry tree?Prunus salicina
Q. Black Doris plum treesPyrodwarf
Q. How should I prune a pear on Pyrodwarf rootstock?Queen Cox
Q. Questions about Cox's Orange PippinQuince A
Q. How should I prune a pear on Pyrodwarf rootstock?
Q. Rootstocks for trained trees in the south of EnglandRe-plant disease
Q. Fruit trees for Aviemore, ScotlandRe-potting
Q. When is the best time to re-pot a pear tree?Reeves
Q. Disease resistant Victoria plum treeReplant syndrome
Q. Planting new fruit trees in old holesRootstock
Q. Do you sell MM111 and M25 rootstocks?
Q. What is the best cherry rootstock for a small garden?
Q. How should I prune a pear on Pyrodwarf rootstock?
Q. Should I remove small apples forming on my new apple tree?
Q. Which direction should the scion on the rootstock face when I plant the tree?
Q. Aerial rootlets forming
Q. Allotment plum treeRusset
Q. Espalier apple trees for north-west fenceSaturn
Q. Honeycrisp alternativesScion
Q. Which direction should the scion on the rootstock face when I plant the tree?Scionwood
Q. Can you supply scionwood?Scotland
Q. Fruit trees for Aviemore, ScotlandSelf-fertile
Q. Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?Shade
Q. Fruit trees for partial shadeShoots
Q. White downy substance on apple tree shootsSouth-west France
Q. Is Cox's Orange Pippin suitable for growing in south-west France?
Q. Are pollination groups the same in France as the UK?Spacing
Q. I have just ordered 3 apple trees - how far apart do they need to be planted?Specimen tree
Q. Can you send me photos of the trees so I can choose one?Spindlebush
Q. Pruning spindlebush crab-apple treesSport
Q. Your site often mentions "sports" - what exactly are they?
Q. Red Jonaprince sportSpring
Q. Why isn't my new fruit tree showing any signs of life?St. Julien
Q. Fruit trees for Aviemore, ScotlandStandard
Q. Canopy height of standard and half-standard fruit treesStandard rootstock
Q. Buying a mature large apple treeTipping
Q. The main trunk has been toppedTopping
Q. The main trunk has been toppedTransplanting
Q. Transplanting an apple tree
Q. Buying a mature large apple treeTree size
Q. What is the size of a cordon-trained tree on delivery?Trellis
Q. Fruit trees for Aviemore, Scotland
Q. Can pears be pollinated in windy conditions?Triploid
Q. What do I need to polinate a Bramley apple tree?UK-grown trees
Q. Are your fruit trees UK-grown?Victoria
Q. Disease resistant Victoria plum treeVigorous rootstock
Q. Buying a mature large apple treeVVA-1
Q. Allotment plum treeWall-trained
Q. What rootstock to use for a fan-trained apple?Watering
Q. Do newly-planted fruit trees need watering over the winter?White down
Q. White downy substance on apple tree shootsWindbreak
Q. Fruit trees for Aviemore, ScotlandWinter
Q. Apricot tree winter protection
Q. Can you dispatch bare root stock now (early November)?Yellow leaves
Q. Mulberry tree