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Apple Scab & Pear Scab

Apple Scab (and Pear Scab) is not only disfiguring, it seriously weakens infected trees and hugely reduces their cropping ability....

Box Blight - Symptoms & Treatment

Box blight can cause serious damage to box hedging, but the risk can be minimised with good hygiene...

Coral Spot Disease

A giude to recognising and dealing with Coral Spot

Fruit Split

Apples, pears and other fruit can suddenly develop splits in their skin....

Horse Chestnut - Leaf Blotch

Horse Chestnut Leaf Blotch is not pretty, but it does not significantly affect the tree and can be cured

Horse Chestnut Canker

10% of the Horse Chestnut trees in the UK now have Horse Chestnut Canker. Here are some do's and don'ts

Laurel Leaves with Holes

If your laurel hedging looks as if it has been shot, it probably has....

Plum Fruit Split

Plums can suddenly develop splits in their skin....

Powdery Mildew on Native Hedging & Ornamentals

Native hedge plants sometimes have a grey, powdery fungal coating on young shoots and leaves...

Quince Leaf Blight

Quince Leaf Blight can affect the fruit as well as the leaves of all quinces....

Silver leaf disease

Silver Leaf Disease need not be a problem if you know what you are doing - here is how...

Yew Hedging - Bronze Foliage

Yew Hedge plants can sometimes show a bronzing of their foliage. Don't worry all is not lost...


Bare Root vs Pot Grown

Bare-root Plants are only delivered in the winter season, from November to March. Pot grown plants can be delivered all year round

Advantages of Bare-root plants:
  • You pay less for the same size plants.
  • You can carry and plan them easily.
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    Chris Brown