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Choosing a damson tree

We want to plant a damson tree this autumn in our woodland garden. It will get plenty of sun in the planned position. We don't want it to grow too large, but we are hoping for a prolific fruiter with good flavour for jam-making, crumbles, damson by wisehedgecrone

13/08/2012 10:36:02

by wisehedgecrone

There's Something In My Soil

I moved here 18 month ago and am a keen novice gardener and had a numerous of plants and shrubs from roses to privets and hebies and last year i spent seeing what would grow in my little garden of a 20FT X 20FT and watching the sun. As the season by Rushie

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16/06/2012 16:33:49

by Dovefromabove

Plum branches pointing down

This thread stems (pardon the pun) from not knowing what a healthy Victoria Plum SHOULD look like. I only know what mine looks like, and it looks a bit sad! It's around 10 years old now (about 8 of which have been in my garden) with a main stem by Beamo

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01/05/2012 20:12:44

by Gaffelbiter

Talkback: Growing rhubarb

mix, but I have had it with crystallised ginger mixed with the rhubarb itself. My sweet this evening was a pancake stuffed with plums from the freezer. The plum blossom up the garden has all dropped and the little plums are visible. When I saw what by newbieplot

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28/11/2011 18:43:29

by dreamer

How many fruit trees?

be able to put into the space ( I think I read somewhere that some trees as cordons can be planted 2 foot apart)? Can you suggest any trees to go in, I'm thinking along the lines of a dessert apple, a pear, plum or damson trees? Are there any combinations by Richardsdrr

05/10/2012 09:04:34

by Richardsdrr

Talkback: Frogs

as it will be the rootstock trying to grow. If that happens, usually you end up losing the top bit to the original rootstock. What a big frog! They both seem to be looking into the distance, so I would suggest the frog is asking for directions.Frog: "Excuse me, do you know by G Wallis

28/11/2011 18:41:05

by Asterix

fruit trees

We have a few fruit trees to put in the ground and then hopefully watch them grow over the coming years. Just wondering if there is any particular order we should plant them in? Snow Quen Nectarine, Victoria Plum & Turkey Fig trees. Any by emraze

28/10/2012 01:58:36

by chrissieB

Mini-orchards

I work at sea 8 months of a year and my back garden consists of grey stone slate chips and decking. I have troughs and tubs of veg and herbs along the back frence I would like to have a row of mini-fruit tress that grow no more than 2.5m high by rovarch

24/09/2012 17:52:24

by rovarch

Plant for tub under carport - light but no sun

begonias grow in shade. If green then hostas, Brunnera Jack Frost; if purple, I have a heuchera Plum Pudding in a pot in shade, perhaps other varieties of heuchera as well. Hosta would be a good idea, and I could keep an eye out for slugs !! I will have by Mari Williams

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22/02/2013 18:53:53

by Mari Williams

Festooning fruit trees

Does anyone know of a good guide to festooning? Not something I've come across Jonathan. What does it mean? How to Festoon Fruit Trees | eHow.co.ukwww.ehow.co.uk ??? HomeFestooning fruit trees consists of training young branches to grow into gaps by Jonathan Hopkinson

01/04/2013 21:22:48

by Dovefromabove

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