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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
25% Off Bird Food
It's autumn and a great time to begin feeding wild birds, so we're offering 25% or more off our entire bird food range! If you’re buying a tree, you can...
ITV Love Your Garden Features Our Trees
We're delighted to have supplied a number of trees to the popular ITV show Love Your Garden. The trees featured on the latest episode, where the Love Your Garden team...
National Allotments Week 2019
Our new arrival of fruit trees have tasty crops, but what sets them apart is the stunning colour of the fruits. As well as being suited to allotments and orchards,...
Key Garden Trends for 2019
With several major flower shows of the year already wrapped up, it's an ideal time to look at the trends that are emerging.Sustainability is prevalent in the media, so perhaps...
Summer Foliage Favourites
Flowers can be fleeting, but foliage is a key feature of trees for much of the year. The most obvious attributes of leaves are their colour and shape, which can...
Wild Bird Food Range
We've been feeding birds for years on our nursery site and attract a huge variety of species. Some of the birds even decide to build nests on-site and raise their...
Five Fantastic Evergreen Trees For Small Gardens
In small gardens, it's important for trees to pull their weight by providing plenty of interest. You may think you have to decide between deciduous trees with seasonal interest and...
New Patio Fruit Trees
We're excited to announce we now offer a large range of patio fruit trees, so you can have fresh fruit right on your doorstep! Patios are often wonderfully sunny spots,...
Flowering Cherry Trees In Summer
Flowering Cherry trees are loved for their cherry blossom, but we think these look stunning in the summer sun on our nursery today - Prunus 'Snow Showers' (left) and Prunus...
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Cherry Blossom Season
Following a late start due to the weather, the cherry blossom season is now in full swing. There's so many beautiful blooms that it's impossible to pick a favourite. For...
Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2018
We're delighted to have received the Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award again this year. We use Feefo to gather reviews because it is an independent review platform and is impartial.Thank...
Rich Colours of Autumn
The seasons are changing and Autumn has officially begun. The bright colours of summer are fading and making way for the rich coloured foliage and berries of Autumn. Maple trees...
Fresh Foliage In Striking Colours And Shapes
The wave of Spring flowering trees may be passing, but there's a plethora of fresh foliage in striking colours and shapes.Many Japanese Maples are in their prime. Acer palmatum 'Beni...
Wildlife On Our Nursery
It's a busy time on the nursery and it's not just because we're ardently packing trees. So far we've spotted: Bullfinch chicks in their nest Blackbird diligently guarding her eggs...
Beautiful Blooms of ‘Beni chidori’
Japanese cherry and Japanese apricot trees are starting to come into bloom now that it's spring. Prunus mume ‘Beni chidori’ is one of the first to come into flower and...
Colourful Stemmed Cornus Shrubs
We’ve expanded our range of shrubs to include a stunning choice of Cornus shrubs, or Dogwoods as they are commonly known. These really come into their own in the wintertime,...
Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award
We’re overjoyed to receive the Feefo Gold Trusted Service award! We take great pride in the quality of our trees and strive to provide the best customer service possible. It’s...
Give a Gift, Give a Tree
"My husband's birthday trees arrived this morning and are stunningly beautiful. I've been buying presents for him for so long now that finding anything different and/or interesting is a struggle....
The last of the Autumn Colours - Around the Nur...
We’ve been strolling around the nursery today, appreciating the last of the autumn colours, before the cold weather relieves the trees of their leaves and they disappear until next year....
Why should you choose a Native Tree?
There are endless reasons why native trees are a great choice for your garden, not including the wonderfully striking aesthetic impact that they provide.By choosing a native species, immediately you...
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