{"id":611954917702,"date":"2025-11-13T09:15:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/which-fruit-tree-size-should-i-start-with\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:42:22","slug":"which-fruit-tree-size-should-i-start-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/fruit\/which-fruit-tree-size-should-i-start-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Size, O Starter Fruit Tree?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We get this question all the time, and it’s a very sensible one: which of the 3 or 4 starting sizes of fruit tree should I choose?<\/h2>\n

A well loved fruit tree will be in its prime for about 50 years and a new one takes at least a couple of years to establish and bear fruit, so choosing the right one matters! I’m going to jump to the end here. For most people’s gardens, where space is precious, the best choice of free-standing fruit tree (i.e. not trained on wires) is a Bush<\/strong><\/a>. A bush fruit tree has simply been pruned when it was young to give it with a very short main trunk, about 1 metre tall. As a result, the canopy of branches that produce the fruit is smaller and lower than a full sized fruit tree. Compared to a “normal”, large fruit tree, which are known as standards<\/a>, a bush shaped fruit tree:<\/p>\n