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Hi there - since moving into our house our apple tree has consistently given nice crops of apples for the last few years. This year however there are hardly any at all and the leaves have funny black spots on (and almost look as if burnt by the sun

Before the end of summer my crab apple tree looked like a bat roost with hanging clumps of blackened leaves all over it and not a single green leaf anywhere. It escaped felling due to the bad weather in the winter, but this spring it is covered

Please help me to identify the problem with my 2 year old apple tree. I am very inexperienced gardener, so any help will be much appreciated. It looks like some insect colony.I have attached the three photos which I hope will help you to identify

I am looking for an Apple tree that would be suitable to grow in very hot weather conditions eg Gambia----West Africa,

hi can you help me i have 3 apple trees and 1 as got woolly aphids all over have put grease around trees and i winter wash in winter and spring but its still there have looked on inter net to no avail?

The leaves on my apple trees are open now and some are distorted as tho the central vein is too short and others have blisters on one side of the leaf usually red in colour. Anyone know what this problem is? could be blight or canker,

I moved into a house last September with a beautiful old apple tree in the garden.  It's about 80 years old and cropped very heavily last year.  I had someone round to look at it shortly afterwards who told me it looked very healthy. From a distance

My son bought a crab apple tree 10 years ago. It produced small round green/rosy apples. After a few years it was producing 2 types of apples.  Small small round green/rosy apples and larger darker green apples.  It now only produces the larger

So I'm thinking about getting an apple tree. Does the tree need to be pollinated to grow apples? I don't think there is any other apple trees within 5 miles of me, will the fruit still grow? (I don't understand the biology of fruit trees very much)

Follow our step-by-step video guide to planting a young apple tree to give it the best chance of thriving. Monty, Chris and Sarah explain how to prepare the hole, with tips on watering, mulching and staking.spring or autumnMore advice on growing