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seem to remember reading somewher that cornus kousa is not self fertile so you may get better fruit production of you can grow another one nearby.   If you haven't the space, then settle for what you get as the fruits are not edible and the foliage

? Fingers crossed the apples are still there secretly growing away. Hi Ritna, only yesterday I was speaking to a gardener at my local nursery and i asked him why, on my pear tree, had all the buds dropped off after flowering, he said that it sounds like I

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) of semi-grown fruits on all the trees lay ripped off with a bite out. This year the pear tree is already stripped, the plums and apples are on their way.Nothing deters these squirrels. Does anyone have a solution? I am growing 5 apple trees all from seed

but technically speaking are not - a bract is a modified leaf which is often much more spectacular than the actual flower. Sadly it does not do well on chalky soils.Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer': an oddity in that this is a pear tree that produces no edible pears

try the taste test too as I rather enjoy apples that are just a little bit un-ripe as far as the official opinion goes! I have a small patio and decking area and would like to grow fruit trees, perhaps apples and pears, in pots. Do I look

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you p8ssi0n, Rowan are "Sorbus Rosaceae" and can grow quite large, if you do not have room for it the best plan is to give to some one who has. It has orange fruit which are poisonous so should be kept away from children.It needs full sun or semi shade

but I never knew that you had to destroy it. Thanks' so much. This was my first year of growing fruit trees. They are bush type apple pear plum and cherry.I had no fruit at all, would this be normal for the first year? I also had leaf blotches and curled