We take great care in delivering healthy trees to your doorstep. Each order is hand-picked, carefully packaged, and shipped using trusted couriers to ensure safe arrival.
Delivery Times
Standard Delivery (3–5 working days): £6.95
Express Delivery (1–2 working days): £12.95
Free Delivery: On all orders over £100
Packaging
All trees are shipped in eco-friendly recyclable packaging. Roots are securely wrapped to retain moisture during transit, keeping your tree healthy and ready for planting.
Delivery Areas
We currently deliver across the UK mainland. Unfortunately, we cannot deliver to Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands due to plant health regulations.
Order Tracking
Once your order has been dispatched, you will receive a tracking link by email so you can follow your tree’s journey from our nursery to your garden.
Special Notes
If you require delivery on a specific date (e.g., birthday gift, landscaping project), please add a note at checkout and we’ll do our best to accommodate.
Formative pruning of new, freestanding fruit trees, starts with either unbranched Maidens, or young Bushes or Half Standards with a further year’s branch development.
Pruning A Maiden Fruit Tree “Open Centre”
These videos apply equally to new fruit trees containing pips like apples and pears, and those containing stones, like plum and cherry, being grown as “ordinary trees”.
There are many ways to prune fruit trees! Wire training opens up a new world of fruit tree training options.
This page sticks to the basic, popular Open Centre tree, which opens out the canopy into a hollow ring, making good use of garden space, easy to prune and harvest, with sunlight hitting all the fruit.
Pruning a maiden fruit tree as a Bush or Half-Standard Length Trunk
“Bush” and “Half-Standard” refer to the length of the trunk before it divides into main branches, and therefore the size of the adult tree.
Naturally, a Bush yields less, which is often preferable in gardens for dessert fruit; smaller yields of more varieties are easier to consume
Half-Standard trees are preferable for the quantities needed for cider, juicing, and jam-making varieties
If you’re thinking of adding fruit trees to your garden, or giving them as a gift, why not browse our selection below. And don’t forget those all-important planting accessories!