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Master the basics
Essential How to Planting & Aftercare Guides
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How to Plant a Pot-Grown Tree
This step-by-step guide covers how to correctly a plant pot-grown tree (a tree supplied in a pot or container) into the ground, including how to install a single stake &...
Sally
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How to Plant a Mature Tree
This step-by-step guide walks through how to plant a mature tree, including how to correctly install a Large or Extra Large Stake & Tie Kit (two stakes and a crossbar)....
Katie
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How to Plant a Tree into a Container
This step-by-step guide covers how to correctly plant trees and shrubs into pots or containers. You can watch the video version of this guide below. Growing trees in containers is...
Ornamental Trees
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How to Plant a Bare Root Tree
This step-by-step guide covers how to correctly plant a bare root tree into the ground, including how to install a single stake & tie. This guide is aimed specifically at...
Ornamental Trees
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How to Prune Ornamental Trees Correctly
This step-by-step guide walks through how (and when) to prune ornamental trees correctly. You can watch a video version of this guide below. Pruning helps to keep trees healthy, promote...
Ornamental Trees
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How to Install a Tree Irrigation Kit
This step-by-step guide covers how to install an irrigation kit for a tree being planted in the ground. You can watch the video version of this guide below. A tree...
Katie
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How to Install a Container Irrigation Kit
This step-by-step guide covers how to install container irrigation kits, which are designed specifically for trees planted into pots or containers. You can watch a video version of this guide...
Ornamental Trees
Garden Guides, Advice & Inspiration
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Ultimate Guide to Roses | How to Choose & Grow ...
Arguably the most iconic garden plant, Roses have been a standout choice for gardeners across the world for hundreds of years. With so many varieties available, there’s a rose for...
Ornamental Trees
NEW Arrivals | Beautiful Climbers for all Garde...
Are you low on ground space but feel like your garden could do with a bit of height and vertical interest? Maybe you have an unsightly wall in need of...
NEW Arrivals | Top Flowering Shrubs for Patios ...
Trees are in our name, but here at Ornamental Trees we are also lovers of all things shrubs. That’s why we’re delighted to now stock a brand new range of...
New Bare Root Video Guides Now Live | Bare Root...
We’ve added two new bare root videos to our Tree 101 video series—perfect timing for bare root planting season. A bare root tree is a tree that has been lifted...
New Video Guides Now Live: Container Planting &...
We’re excited to unveil three new additions to the Tree 101 video series. Tree 101 is a new video series containing the most fundamental guidance on how to properly plant...
Easy Recipes to Get More Out Of Homegrown Fruit...
Use up gluts of homegrown Apples, Pears, Plums & Crab Apples with these simple but delicious recipes If you’ve got one fruit tree or more, you most likely have a...
Adding Autumn Colour To Any Garden Size
Autumn is upon us with its rich berry colours and golden hues. Gardens can go two ways, looking scruffy as plants reach the end of their lifecycle or boldly embracing...
Tree 101: The Ultimate Tree Planting & Care Vid...
We’re very excited to reveal our brand new video series – Tree 101 with Ornamental Trees. Tree 101 is a new video series containing the most fundamental guidance on how...
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Best Trees for Wet Soil | Coping with Climate C...
Extreme weather, such as heavy rainfall, is forecast to become more frequent due to climate change, as this past month has well and truly shown us. July 2023 was one...
Katie
Cost-Effective Gardening to Make Your Money Go ...
It may be the RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s younger sibling, but the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival is still something to be excited about. If, like us, you’re not...
Top Tips & Advice For Gardening in Dry & Warm W...
The UK is known for its rainy, mild climate, but many of us gardeners are feeling the brunt of the dry period we’ve been experiencing lately. After last year’s particularly...
Tap into the Restorative Power of Gardening | C...
Year on year, the Chelsea Flower Show reminds us of the beauty of gardening, inspiring us with innovative garden designs, trends, and ideas, as well as stunning floral displays. This...
Top Garden Trends from the RHS Chelsea Flower S...
With the 2023 RHS Chelsea Flower Show now only days away, it is the perfect time to get inspired. We’ve taken a look at some of the gardens featured at...
What's Flowering on the Nursery This Week?
We’re now halfway through April, and with spring in full swing, we’re starting to see many of our trees bursting into flower, brightening up the Ornamental Trees nursery with their...
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7 Best Cherry Blossom Trees for Pots & Containers
We’re now a good way through March, and the imminent Cherry Blossom season is just about all we can think about here at Ornamental Trees! We’re already seeing some of...
Katie
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6 Reasons Why You Should Have a Cherry Blossom ...
Spring is on the horizon, which means it’s that time of year when we can start getting excited about Cherry Blossom season. Known as ‘Sakura’ in Japanese, Flowering Cherry trees,...
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5 Tips for Protecting your Trees from Wind Damage
Whether it be disrupted travel, power cuts or school closures, many of us will be experiencing the effects of Storm Otto as it hits the UK today, bringing with it...
Katie
Big Garden Birdwatch 2023: Top Trees for Birds
With this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch well under way, there’s one question on every birdwatcher’s mind: how can I make my garden more attractive to birds? Our answer is: trees!...
Tree Tasks For Autumn
Autumn is the ideal time to plant new trees. Lower water requirements at this time of year, coupled with relatively warm soil, allows them to focus on root growth. By...
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Autumn Colour In The Garden
This autumn has been off to a shaky start with reports of a false Autumn leading to some deciduous trees changing colour and dropping leaves early. Despite this, most trees...
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