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Growing Fruit Trees at High Altitude

We get lots of enquiries about growing fruit trees in the UK at altitude, often from people who h...

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How to prune Cordon Fruit Trees

This is just about pruning cordons - there is a much longer piece on growing cordon fruit trees i...

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What's the difference between hazelnuts and cobnuts?

What is the difference between a cobnut and a filbert? Are they the same thing, with regional var...

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Urban

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Urban Fruit Growing: Soft Fruit Edition

Wiltshire-based garden designer Dan Combes wonders why there aren't more berries, especially in u...

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Why Steven Edholm's Fruit Tree Pruning Films are Better Than Ours

As a company, we have invested billions (approximately) in producing nicely edited videos about p...

Grafting

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Lazy Sunday Fruit Tree & Rootstock Grafting Videos

Grafting is one of Mankind’s ancient technologies, generally done in Spring onto rootstocks plant...

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Self-Fertile Apple Trees That Pollinate Themselves

Apple pollination is usually not a concern in the UK, because there are so many orchard and crab ...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Silver Leaf Diagnosis & Treatment

There is no need to be afraid of Silver Leaf disease, which rarely affects Cherry and Plum trees ...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Apple Scab & Pear Scab Disease

What is Apple Scab and Pear Scab?Apple Scab and Pear Scab are functionally the same, although the...

Quince

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Quince Leaf Blight Disease

What are these brown spots on my quince tree’s leaves and fruit? Quince Leaf Blight is the fungu...

Plum Family

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Plum Fruit Split

Plum Fruit split is a condition, not a disease, where the fruit is damaged by splits in the skin....

Raspberry

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How to Grow Raspberry Bushes

Intro to Raspberry GrowingThese point apply to almost all our raspberry plants: They fruit very h...

Strawberry

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How to Pot Up Bareroot Strawberry Plants

When you order bareroot strawberry plants from us, you can either plant them straight outside in ...

Rhubarb

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Growing Rhubarb

Rhubarb plants are perfect for beginners & low-maintenance lovers. For best results, we recom...

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Growing Redcurrants & Whitecurrants

Currants are some of the most easily grown, and also pretty, little soft fruit bushes. Red & ...

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Pruning Gooseberries & Red/White Currants

Gooseberry bushes are pruned almost exactly the same way as Red & Whitecurrant bushes.Pruning...

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How to Grow Blackcurrant Bushes

How to Grow Blackcurrants BushesBlackcurrants are simple to grow, and the pruning regime is a bit...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

How to Train & Prune Blackberry Bushes

Blackberry bushes are easy to cut back, this page is not here to overcomplicate things.It’s just ...

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Planting Blackberries & Wire Training

Planting Blackberries Blackberry bushes tolerate most growing conditions found in the UK, and ben...

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Growing Blueberries in the UK

How to Grow BlueberriesBlueberry plants require acidic soil, pH 5.5 or below, that is moist yet f...

Seeds

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Can I Grow A Fruit Tree From Seed?

Yes, but…Yes, you can grow a fruit tree from a seed or stone obtained from fruit in the supermark...

Pollination

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Fruit Tree Pollination Group Charts

Two Ways to Find Pollination Partners The main Pollination Checker Tool makes it easy for you to ...

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Looking After Fruit Trees

Essential Aftercare & Maintenance for Good CropsClean Up Leaves & PruningsWhen the crop i...

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How To Grow 'Brown Turkey' Figs

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Winter

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Applying Winter Wash Fruit Tree Insecticide

How to Apply Winter Wash to Fruit TreesIt’s good to apply winter wash to your fruit and ornamenta...

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Apply Fruit Tree Grease Bands to Protect them against Moths

Grease Bands are Convenient on Young Fruit TreesIf you apply grease bands to your young fruit tre...

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Apply Grease to Fruit Trees to Protect them against Moths

Applying fruit tree grease from November onwards is used to trap a wide variety of winter moths b...

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Pruning A Crab apple Tree

When to Prune Crab Apple TreesThis video demonstrates a crab apple tree, and the same principles ...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Pruning New Fruit Trees

Formative pruning of new, freestanding fruit trees, starts with either unbranched Maidens, or you...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Pruning Tip Bearing Apple Trees

Most Apples are spur bearing; partial tips are like spursMost apples and pears are spur bearing: ...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Pruning Plum Trees In The UK

The Best Plum Tree Pruning VideosPlums are vigorous trees and respond well to pruning. If they ar...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Growing Cordon Fruit Trees

Cordons are compact wire trained fruit trees, usually apple or pear

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

How to Choose the Right Pear Trees for Your Garden

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October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Planting A Small Mixed Orchard

Mixed orchards are the future of home growing

Planting

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How to Plant A Fruit Tree

Fruit Tree PlantingWatch our step-by-step video showing you how to plant bush or half-standard si...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Best Apple Tree Varieties to Grow in the UK

The British climate makes for ideal apple territory.They like well drained, fertile soil includin...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Types of Fruit Tree Rootstock

To graft your own fruit trees, you can buy Apple, Pear, Cherry, and Plum rootstocks from us.Graft...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Cherry Tree Pollination Groups Chart UK

We grow a good range of self fertile sweet cherry trees that do not need to be pollinated. Howeve...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Apple Tree Pollination Groups Chart UK

Pollinating your Apple Trees Increases your crop SizeMost apple trees need to be pollinated in or...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Plum Tree Pollination Groups Chart UK

Many Plums Are Reliably Self FertileMost plums are either reliably self fertile or partially self...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Pear Tree Pollination Groups Chart UK

Choosing Pollination Partners for Pear Trees Use our easy pollination checking tool to quickly fi...

October 16th 2025• Fruit Trees & Bushes

Get As Many Fruit Varieties As Possible From A Small Area

Cordon apples & pears are even better suited to grafting than freestanding trees

Pollination

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Partial Self Fertility in Fruit Trees Like Summer Sun

One of our customers, M, got in touch with a fruit tree pollination question, asking about the di...

Ashridge Advice Categories

Growing Fruit Trees at High Altitude

How to prune Cordon Fruit Trees

What's the difference between hazelnuts and cobnuts?

Urban Fruit Growing: Soft Fruit Edition

Why Steven Edholm's Fruit Tree Pruning Films are Better Than Ours

Lazy Sunday Fruit Tree & Rootstock Grafting Videos

Self-Fertile Apple Trees That Pollinate Themselves

Silver Leaf Diagnosis & Treatment

Apple Scab & Pear Scab Disease

Quince Leaf Blight Disease

Plum Fruit Split

How to Grow Raspberry Bushes

How to Pot Up Bareroot Strawberry Plants

Growing Rhubarb

Growing Redcurrants & Whitecurrants

Pruning Gooseberries & Red/White Currants

How to Grow Blackcurrant Bushes

How to Train & Prune Blackberry Bushes

Planting Blackberries & Wire Training

Growing Blueberries in the UK

Can I Grow A Fruit Tree From Seed?

Fruit Tree Pollination Group Charts

Looking After Fruit Trees

How To Grow 'Brown Turkey' Figs

Applying Winter Wash Fruit Tree Insecticide

Apply Fruit Tree Grease Bands to Protect them against Moths

Apply Grease to Fruit Trees to Protect them against Moths

Pruning A Crab apple Tree

Pruning New Fruit Trees

Pruning Tip Bearing Apple Trees

Pruning Plum Trees In The UK

Growing Cordon Fruit Trees

How to Choose the Right Pear Trees for Your Garden

Planting A Small Mixed Orchard

How to Plant A Fruit Tree

Best Apple Tree Varieties to Grow in the UK

Types of Fruit Tree Rootstock

Cherry Tree Pollination Groups Chart UK

Apple Tree Pollination Groups Chart UK

Plum Tree Pollination Groups Chart UK

Pear Tree Pollination Groups Chart UK

Get As Many Fruit Varieties As Possible From A Small Area

Partial Self Fertility in Fruit Trees Like Summer Sun