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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

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

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

bumblebees. With an ample supply of fruit blossom around, there is plenty of nectar and pollen for them to enjoy, and all are welcome.One good thing about growing a single 'Victoria' plum tree is that it’s self-fertile. Unlike many varieties of fruit, like

I planted a two year old Vicoria plum last year it has grown well , but has no blossom.  I would presume that it's concentrating on putting down some good roots to support all the fruit it's going to give you in the future.  Also the blossom grows

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

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

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

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

Shorten sideshoots growing from the framework of espalier, fan and cordon-trained fruit trees back to about five leaves from their basePick fresh herbs for dryingPick gooseberries, currants, strawberries and other fruits as they ripenSupport heavily