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Richard decided to try and grow giant pumpkins this year; he could not have timed it worse – late frosts...
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Category Archives: Fruit Trees

Planting Trees

Posted in: Fruit Trees, Trees, Trees - Evergreen, Trees - Ornamental | November 16, 2023 at 15:58 , by Downside Nurseries

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Tree Order This is an excellent time to plant trees. We have just had our autumn delivery from Frank P Matthews with some very nice and unusual varieties. Unfortunately, due to the renovation work on the propagating house, some of the tree wires cannot be used so some of the...

Tree selection (see previous post)

Posted in: Fruit Trees, Trees, Trees - Fruit | September 30, 2022 at 16:22 , by Downside Nurseries

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images used with kind permission of Frank Matthews...

Trees expected at Downside Nurseries in October 2022

Posted in: Fruit Trees, Trees, Trees - Fruit, Trees - Ornamental | September 30, 2022 at 16:00 , by Downside Nurseries

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These are the trees we are expecting this month, October 2022. In addition, we have existing stock including flowering cherry, Sorbus and trained fruit. There’s a selection of images in the next post. As always, even if something is listed, we cannot guarantee that it will be...

Ornamental & fruit trees, bare-root hedging and hanging baskets

Posted in: Bare Root Trees and Hedging, Fruit Trees, ornamental trees | October 8, 2020 at 14:23 , by Downside Nurseries

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Ornamental and Fruit TreesWe are expecting a large delivery of ornamental and fruit trees in the middle of the month, followed by more soft fruit a fortnight later. We will let you know when they arrive. Bare-Root HedgingBare-root hedging will be available later as usual, but our long-term supplier has...

Fruit tree shapes – espaliers, candelabra, fan shape

Posted in: Espaliers, Fruit Trees, Trained, Tree Shapes, Trees, Trees - Candelabra, Trees - Fruit, Trees - Steps-Overs, Trees Espalier, Trees Patio & Dwarf Patio | March 16, 2017 at 13:46 , by Downside Nurseries

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Candelabra Granny Smith and Jonagold Applies with Williams Bon Credien Pears 763

We often refer to the various different tree shapes in our newsletters and blogs so we thought it might be helpful to jot down the details of each The espalier shape sees the trunk growing right to the top of the plant and the branches coming off horizontally at regular...