Ornamental Trees Blog

24/09/2010
Fruit Trees & Bushes

Growing Blueberries

Growing blueberries couldn’t be easier! Blueberries are one of very few fruits to originate from North America, where it is referred to by Native Americans as ‘Star Berry’ due to the star shape of its creamy white flowers. Not only does this super-food have pretty flowers, the bright red autumn colour is a welcome treat! Blueberry plants require acid soil so unless your soil is already very acid soil plant in good ericaceous compost, available from most garden centres. Blueberries grow very happily in pots. Once planted up try to... Read More

17/09/2010
Ornamental Trees

Top Picks – Fragrant Flowers And Foliage

Often we choose trees and shrubs for our gardens that are aesthetically pleasing; sumptuous foliage, rich flowers and striking architectural forms but we mustn’t over look the importance of fragrance. From shrubs that dizzy the senses with the aroma of their blooms to trees with autumn foliage that smells good enough to eat here are my top picks for fragrance. Chimonanthus praecox – Wintersweet Fragrant: December January February A lovely medium sized bushy shrub for winter interest, wintersweet bares deliciously scented custard yellow flowers with blackberry-purple stained centres. Davidia involucrate... Read More

16/09/2010
Around The Nursery Today

Around The Nursery Today

Some of the photographs that I’ve taken around the nursery today… Pear ‘Thorn’ – Looking rosy the perry pear ‘Thorn’. View here Nyssa sylvatica – The black gum or black tulepo tree with amazing autumn colour already – it was almost too much for my camera to take! View here Acer platanoides ‘Red Lace’ – Fantastic frilly orange autumn colour from our own introduction [2005] ‘Red Lace’. View here Betula utilis jaquemontii ‘Doorenbos’ – Stunning white stemmed birch multistem that we planted in the car park last season. View all... Read More

14/09/2010
Cherry Blossom Trees, Fruit Trees & Bushes, Ornamental Trees, Small Gardens

Trees For Small Gardens

Blog update – November 2018. This blog is packed with tree ideas for small gardens. For those of us with small gardens, patio gardens or courtyard gardens choosing a tree is an important task. Often there is room for only one tree, so this single specimen must provide us with the most tree for our money. Trees for small gardens should be chosen not only for their limited height and spread but also for their features, as often a singular tree will become a feature tree within a small garden.... Read More

14/09/2010
Uncategorized

Homage To The Moggies

Fluffy and Socks This very short post is to pay homage to our resident pussy cats – Fluffy and Socks who do a marvellous job keeping our sheds rodent free! They joined us over 8 years ago and were named by our field workers. The purrr-fect brother and sister team!

10/09/2010
Fruit Trees & Bushes, Ornamental Trees, Small Gardens

Trees For Pots

Many of us have a patio garden or balcony garden on which to create a lovely green habitat, others may have a roof garden; any of these small gardens can be a perfect home for trees and shrubs in pots. Kitchen garden in a pot There is a huge choice of fruit for the kitchen garden, some of which are ideal trees for pots. Dwarf apples, pears and cherries can all be patio trees. Apples will require rootstock ‘M27’ or ‘M9’, Pears rootstock ‘Quince C’ and cherries ‘Gisela 5’ for... Read More

10/09/2010
Company News, Fruit Trees & Bushes

Win A Mini Orchard For Your Primary School

  Win a mini orchard for your primary school! Growing fruit trees is a great way to promote healthy eating and an understanding of where our food comes from. We think it’s important for children to learn about trees, how they grow and their environmental benefits; so we are running a competition in which 3 primary schools can win a mini orchard of 5 fruit trees. We’re asking for primary school children to send us a fruit tree poem. This poem can be about anything related to fruit trees, for... Read More

07/09/2010
Fruit Trees & Bushes

Apple Tasting Day

On the 23rd October we’re welcoming you to join us for our apple tasting day. Here you will be able to taste lots of the varieties that we offer, dessert and culinary and see some of our ready trained fruit trees on display. There will also be lots of useful information available on everything from pollination to pruning and our knowledgeable staff will of course be on hand to answer any questions and offer advice. The day starts at 10am and finishes at 3pm when we’re all appled-out ! Best... Read More

06/09/2010
Fruit Trees & Bushes

Tree Ideas For Allotments

Many of us now are lucky enough to have an allotment garden where we can grow a plethora of fresh vegetables and soft fruit. Allotment planting doesn’t have to be limited to veg and soft fruit. Growing heavy crops of tree fruits such as apples, pears, quince, cherries and plums on an allotment is also a popular idea and very doable with the right knowledge. Firstly many allotments will have restrictions to the height of trees that are permitted on the allotments. This is for several reasons mainly trees casting... Read More

03/09/2010
Fruit Trees & Bushes

Ready Trained Trees Explained

Here at Ornamental Tree Nurseries we use traditional methods to create trained fruit trees in many different forms. Our most popular are espalier fruit trees which can be mistaken for pleached fruit trees. The fruit trees are trained into tiers, usually 2, 3 or 4 tiers high. This can be done with apples or pears. The tiers are laid out with the first at 18 inches above ground level and each subsequent tier 15 inches apart. These espalier fruit trees can be used to separate spaces in the garden when... Read More