Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Amateur Gardening

    Focus on… Planting a tree

    Dec 29, 2021 5 minutes

    ANY fruit tree is a 30-year investment in your garden’s future. So what are the key points to consider? Taste should be the overriding factor in your purchasing decision. There’s noticeable variation between varieties of apple, pear, plum, fig and gage; less so between cherries, peaches, nectarines and apricots. Autumn tasting days offer first-hand experiences, but recommendations from friends, family and specialist nurseries are valuable.

    Consider where the tree will go. Is a semi-shaded spot your only option? Sugar-rich fruits such as figs, gages and peaches need full sun if they’re to develop their best flavours, whereas acid (cooking) cherries will grow in full shade. Avoid frost ‘pockets’ if planting early flowerers such as almonds, peaches and pears. Some apples (such as ‘Court Pendu Plat’) flower late,

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Amateur Gardening

    Amateur Gardening2 min read
    A Warm Welcome
    It has long been observed that we in the UK are rather obsessed with the weather. Generally speaking, much small talk and day-to-day chatter is filled with commentary of the season or temperature at hand. Over these past few months, with the sheer vo
    Amateur Gardening4 min read
    A Tree For Every Garden
    As a child I spent many happy hours sat, book in hand, under the cool, shady canopy of an ancient apple tree in my parents’ garden. My slightly more mischievous brother, Murray, completely disinterested in Blyton’s exciting adventures of Julian, Dick
    Amateur Gardening3 min read
    AG Readers Asked To Help Hedgehogs
    AG readers are being asked to join a three-year pilot project that aims to count hedgehog numbers across the UK. Populations of the ‘nation’s favourite mammal’ have sharply declined since 2000, leading to the launch of the National Hedgehog Monitorin

    Related